Fast Build Friday®

If we asked you to show us your succession plan, would you have to blow months or years of dust off it before you showed it to us? And would…

What would happen if your CEO/Executive Director (ED) finished their lunch and left for the day...and decided not to return....Ever? And what if your only staff accountant or grant associate…

Do you ever think about how creating and protecting your organization's #intellectualproperty can help support its sustainability? Today's Fast Build Friday is about using infrastructure to protect your intellectual property. Nic shares…

Do you think there is a strong, weak, or no connection between #compliance and programmatic #strategy? When do you think is the best time to consider compliance in your strategy discussions? Today’s Fast…

When you prepare a budget, do you ever budget for #innovation? Do you think you need to? Well, we think you should. Having space to experiment and fail and holding…

Nic has listened to and helped #nonprofit leaders tell compelling stories for more than a decade. Her work has shown her that there is a strong connection between a nonprofit's ability to…

Does it really matter how you build your infrastructure? Does how you build your infrastructure determine whether you can say, "No," to a grant? Today's Fast Build Friday topic is…

Would you ever say, "No," to a grant? Nic has spent years working with #nonprofits around the world and she knows that the ability to say, "No," is often an…

Can you tell us the most important component of a grant agreement? Chances are, you probably have to think a bit more about it because you probably do not think…

As a nonprofit or social-impact #startup, how much can you do with limited capacity? With no capacity? Do you want to find out or do you want to learn how…