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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents.

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Design for active learning: Tips for nonprofit facilitators

Charity Village

To start designing for active learning, consider your session as an opportunity for you to share what you know with participants but also a chance for them to share what they know with each other. In active learning environments we aim to bring everyone’s experience and knowledge into the room, not just the facilitator’s.

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Introducing our Book Group Facilitation Guide!

VQ Strategies

In response to many requests, we have developed a facilitation guide for formal and informal book groups. Filled with warm-up activities, questions, and compelling quotes, the guide also prompts “concepts to action” so that participants can translate these ideas into action. That’s where book groups come in.

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Tips for Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Encouraging a colleague to shoot for that sought-after certification, offering advice on an important project, or simply inspiring the confidence to see future potential, are the less visible activities that make leadership meaningful. Often, these relationships develop informally. Most mentorships begin with bonding.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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To adequately fulfill the three duties of a nonprofit board member —Care, Loyalty, and Obedience—a solid understanding of the organization’s financial activities is needed. Meeting new colleagues is easier when someone facilitates introductions. Describe the board development programs that will be available in the future.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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To make a point about technology and its impact on the future of work, Hugh Lee, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, told me this story: “Several years ago, we invited some young presenters who were developing cutting edge farming technology to digitalNow. Inspire Others The concept of the MVP encompasses more than product development.