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The Sweet Sounds of a Board-CEO Partnership
On paper, nonprofit boards and CEOs are required to work together. Yet instead of making sweet music to the upbeat tempo of a nonprofit's mission, many nonprofit boards find themselves working at odds with the CEO they hired.
360-Degree Look: Seeing Ourselves As Others See Us
In a 360-Degree Look, the board and the staff team seek feedback from those who stand around the outside of the circle (aka: the organization) as well as inside it: clients, community members, volunteers, donors, funders, and staff.
IRS Topic Number 762 - Independent Contractor vs. Employee
Determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under common law.
Sample Consultant Contract Template
A sample contract for consulting services that you may adapt for your organization.
Building Community Capacity to Meet Public Needs
Identifies benefits that local governments receive from working with small community nonprofits, challenges that these nonprofits often face in developing internal strength, reasons that governments help address these challenges, and strategies that governments use to provide such assistance.
Working with Consultants
A fact sheet on working with consultants. Includes considerations before hiring, tips for working with a consultant, and evaluation.
Tech Soup & Microsoft Digital Skills Center
TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering many free resources to other nonprofits for guidance on how to leverage information technology.
Use Linkedin to Power Your Nonprofit Organization
LinkedIn for Nonprofits: Find the talent and connections you need to change the world.
Overview of RFP Process for Nonprofits, Charities, and Libraries
TechSoup offers some basic considerations for each phase of the Request for Proposal process.
The M Word: A Board Member's Guide to Mergers
The M Word: A Board Member's Guide to Mergers from CompassPoint is a practical guide to help nonprofit board members, executives, and funders think through a merger.
Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Social enterprise is about using a market-driven business model to address key social and environmental issues. Often, nonprofits apply ideas and practices from social entrepreneurship to advance their missions.
Small Business Center Network
The Small Business Center Network (SBCN) offers programs, services, and resources to start and grow a business or nonprofit organization - including guiding you through the steps of considering, planning, developing, opening, and operating the organization.
How to Choose and Work with Technology Consultants
TechSoup guide on how to establish and navigate your relationship with a technology consultant.
A Nonprofit Guide to Quantifying the Value of Pro Bono
Companies are beginning to track the correlation between associates’ pro bono participation and their skill development, and leveraging employee engagement surveys