Where did 100 Degrees come from?
Rewind almost exactly seven years and I was laying in the pitch dark, on a thin pad on the floor of a cement room in rural Senegal. I had a mosquito net over me, but no sheets or blankets because I was sweating. I checked my phone to see the …
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Are you guilty of saying this?
“My business [or nonprofit] is my baby.” Ever said that before? I have. We love our work! We take pride in the change we’re making in the world and take things personally because we’ve poured so much heart and soul into what we do. I also have a real life …
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I hate failing
I have a true confession for you, bright and early today. I hate failing. I know, I know. Failure is part of success. Fail forward. Blah blah blah. I don’t care. I hate it to my core. (#enneagram3 much?!) A lot of times when we think we are failing, it’s only because …
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Three simple steps to your monthly routine
I love the saying: Where your attention goes, energy flows. We want to put our energy into the right things to get maximum results with minimum wasted time. No entrepreneurs (especially those with kiddos) can afford to be wasting a single second right now, ya know?! Where are YOU spending …
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Five Steps to Building Nonprofit Financial Sustainability
You’ve heard the statistic that half of all new businesses fail within the first five years, right? While I haven’t seen the same statistic about nonprofits, I’d venture a guess that it’s a similar number. In fact, the Nonprofit Times released a study in early 2018 that claimed “most charities …
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3 Lessons in Storytelling from a CFO
Storytelling. The latest buzzword in the business world. It makes sense in the marketing space, because I’d sure rather hear a story about how a product or service changed someone’s life than have a stranger shout BUY THIS! BUY THIS! BUY THIS! or DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! at me. I just …
Read MoreHow to Track Restricted Funds Using Classes in Quickbooks Online
One question I get asked a LOT is: How do we track restricted funds so we can easily report to our funders? The first thing I want to do is give you a HIGH FIVE because this is hugely important to tracking grants internally, reporting to funders, and ensuring that …
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Is your organization “teetering on financial peril”?
The Nonprofit Times just released a study of over 219,000 nonprofits and came up with a couple startling conclusions. 1. One in 12 are insolvent already 2. 30% face liquidity issues In normal people speak, that means 8% of organizations are currently operating in the red and 30% are on …
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A nonprofit trend that will influence 2018
Classy just posted an article about the 9 nonprofit trends that will influence 2018, but they left out one critical component of nonprofit management. Finance. [Side rant: Why does everyone forget finance?! If I accomplish only one thing in my life, it will be to elevate the finance department of …
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Nonprofits: More Powerful Than You Think
Sometimes it feels like those of using working in the social sector are on an island all our own. We focus on different metrics than the for-profit world and our efforts can often feel futile when we see what terrible things are happening in the world. Especially these past couple …
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