Things go wrong in life. It's just the way it goes. The unexpected also happens when administering programs. Learn the appropriate way to respond to keep your organization from being suspended or ruining your relationship with funders.

Every Executive Director needs a person who will hold them down - encourage, support, listen tell them the truth. Then there are people who Hold you Down. Literally, never have a positive thing to say. Always pointing out your short falls. Learn how to create a strong support system by increasing one and decreasing the other.

Networking in the nonprofit sector is important. Visibility helps nonprofits get in front of Funders and potential collaborators. Networking is not about showing your face in every space. It's about being strategic. Learn how to network effectively to increase capacity and maximize your time in the community.

Are you open to new information, receiving it in new ways, trying new strategies? Or do you push back. Do you find ways to Not Do what's being suggested. Do you find yourself saying, I've done that before. That's not being coachable. Being coachable is being open, trying new things. Learn how being coachable can help scale your organization.

If you've ever been in the situation where you've submitted a grant requesting a specific amount, but the Funder responded offering your organization much less than your request, you might be at a quandry at how to respond. On the one hand, some money is better than none, so you want to accept the reduced amount, but at the same time you know you can't do the same amount of work for less than budgeted. What do you do? In this episode, learn exactly how to respond so that your organization doesnt perpetuate the nonprofit poverty cycle (doing the most for less).

AI is everywhere. You can't hide from it. If leveraged the right way, AI can be used to increase efficiencies in the nonprofit. Learn how AI might be used in the nonprofit to help increase capacity and fill gaps that struggling budgets aren't able to fill.

How do Funders view volunteer-based and volunteer-led nonprofits? It may not be what you think? Funders are concerned with accountability, continuity, and consistency. Learn how to make your funder feel comfortable with funding your organization if it is volunteer-driven.

Government grants tend to be large, multi-year grants. To the untrained eye, a government grant may seem like a great solution to your funding woes. While large multi-year grants are great there are a lot of compliance issues surrounding government grants that nonprofit leaders should be aware of before they pursue and land one. Learn what they are and if your organization is at the place where it makes sense to pursue them.

The Nonprofit Board of Directors has its Fiduciary responsibilities to govern the organization. But what about the Advisory Board? Does it have role? It can. Learn the two ways to strategically leverage an Advisory board to help strengthen your nonprofit.

We all have someting to offer, because we all have tried and failed, tried and won. With resources so limited in the nonprofit sector, we win by sharing knowledge and resources--not by competing. Let's pool our shared wealth of knowledge and insider secrets with those struggling to make this world a better place and fill the gaps that prevents our sector from accomplishing the mission we are here to accomplish.