What Your Non-Profit Management Organization Chart Should Look Like: What It Probably Does Look Like: What It Could Look Like:

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1 What Your Non-Profit Management Organization Chart Should Look Like: (Warren Buffet) (Oprah Winfrey) (Bill Gates) (Mother Theresa) (Steven Spielberg) What It Probably Does Look Like: What It Could Look Like: (Board Treasurer) (Board FR Chair) (You or Staff) (You or Staff) (Board Member)

2 URGENT NOT URGENT NOT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT CRISES PRESSING PROBLEMS DEADLINE-DRIVEN PROJECTS, MEETINGS, PREPARATIONS INTERRUPTIONS SOME MAIL, , & REPORTS SOME MEETINGS 1 3 Preparation Prevention Values Clarification Planning Relationship Building 2 trivial or busy work some phone calls irrelevant mail and purposeless web-surfing 4

3 McKnight Foundation : Nonprofit management toolkit 1 of 2 6/25/2009 3:39 PM Home About Us Contact Site Map NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT PUBLICATIONS LINKS Nonprofit Management Toolkit: General General Communications Evaluation Fundraising Technology Volunteers Start here. Basic information to address a range of general needs for nonprofit management. Full Site Grantees Info Central A collection of many important management, fundraising, and legal resources, organized primarily around the Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence. (Minnesota Council of Nonprofits) Annual Report Browse Grantees How to Apply Meeting Space Program Spotlight Site Feedback Nonprofit financial management Loans, financial management workshops, and financial management assistance offered to strengthen the financial capacity of nonprofit organizations in Minnesota. (Nonprofits Assistance Fund) Financial glossary A list of common financial terms used by foundations and nonprofit organizations. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) A wealth of practical information about personal, professional, and organizational development for nonprofit leaders. Check out the series of 13 Learning Modules, tutorials on topics from organizational start-up to evaluation. (MAP for Nonprofits) Managing in Hard Times Best practices and tools for environmental and conservation nonprofits in a tight economic and shifting political situation. Make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind. (Institute for Conservation Leadership) Nonprofit Good Practice Guide One-stop-shop for preferred practices and pitfalls, glossaries, resources, trends, and website profiles from accountability and advocacy to fundraising and technology. (Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership) Planning a Great Meeting Five main steps of the planning process, format and content tips, planning timeline, sample conference site inspection checklist, sample slide templates, and a glossary. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) ^ Back to Top About Us Contact FAQs Web Policies Site Map The McKnight Foundation, All rights reserved.

4 McKnight Foundation : Nonprofit management toolkit 1 of 2 6/25/2009 3:41 PM Home About Us Contact Site Map NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT PUBLICATIONS LINKS Nonprofit Management Toolkit: Communications General Communications Evaluation Fundraising Technology Volunteers Develop your key messages, and then share those messages with the media, the public, and policymakers. Full Site Grantees Annual Report Browse Grantees How to Apply Meeting Space Program Spotlight Site Feedback Arts Marketing In-depth tutorials explain marketing clearly and concisely with examples, exercises, and worksheets geared toward the novice marketer, but also refreshers the more advanced. (Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts) Community Toolbox's Organizing for Effective Advocacy Over 6,000 pages of practical information to support nonprofit work in promoting community health and development. (Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development at the University of Kansas) Interactive Smart Chart Free, interactive tool to help nonprofits make smart communications choices, by helping to assess strategic decisions during planning, evaluate communications strategies already in progress, and review completed efforts. (SpitfireStrategies) Media Advocacy Manual Free media advocacy manual, written from the perspective of public health issues, is a good general guide to using the media to gain attention from decision makers and influence policy change. (American Public Health Association) Media Tips and Training-Placing op-eds Tips for placing opinion-editorials and letters to the editor in the nation's 100 largest newspapers. (Communications Consortium Media Center) Nonprofit Resources Links to articles, resources, tools, and success stories that offer great tips and best practices for online advocacy. (Network for the Good) SpinProject Online tutorials on effective media strategies and tactics to support social change work. (Independent Media Institute) ^ Back to Top About Us Contact FAQs Web Policies Site Map The McKnight Foundation, All rights reserved.

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