Organizational Development

Creating an Effective Fundraising Plan offers guidance through crafting and understanding a fundraising plan for your organization (CompassPoint, 2016). It specifically covers:

These resources offer tips, guides, samples, and case studies to aid organizations in effective succession planning and executive transitions.

Jeanne Tedrow, President and CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Strategic Technology Planning Guide offers a step-by-step approach to designing a long-term technology plan for your nonprofit. It identifies specific meetings you would need to have with your technology steering committee and other stakeholders in each phase, deliverables to achieve at each step of the strategic planning process, and tools for needs such as calculating Total Cost of Ownership.

The Essential Guide to Managing Volunteers at Your Nonprofit gives a detailed overview of the main elements needed for any volunteer management program--the skills of a good volunteer coordinator, recruitment, interview questions, training, supervision and management, and showing appreciation. (VolunteerPro)

Leading a Nonprofit Organization: Tips and Tools for Executive Directors and Team Leaders succinctly covers leadership styles, implementing strategic plans, and increasing employee retention. It also provides a New Executive Director Checklist, tools for team and trust building, and strategies for project management.

Sample of a grid to be used for mapping out the details of implementing a series of fundraising strategies, i.e. your organization's goals for each strategy, when it will occur, who is the lead staff, and what role the board will play.

Is your nonprofit prepared for a natural disaster? Daniel Altenau of North Carolina Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh shares key steps nonprofits can take to protect themselves from the next disaster and craft plans to assist survivors following the event. Working through questions to help identify actions during blue sky planning, pre-event preparedness, and post-event response, this webinar will help participants:

The executive committee is a small group, commonly with authority to act on behalf of the full board between meetings or in an urgent situation. The role of the executive committee is to assist the board in carrying out its responsibilities in the most effective manner possible.  This outline helps boards in determining if an executive committee is a necessary tool for their organization.

Family Forward NC created the Guide to Family Forward Workplaces to provide tools for employers of all sizes with practical tips for selecting and implementing 16 family-friendly workplace practices such as flexible scheduling, accommodations for pregnant workers, and paid parental leave.