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Navigating Nonprofit Finances: How to Effectively Manage Your Bookkeeper

Navigating Nonprofit Finances: How to Effectively Manage Your Bookkeeper

By Melissa Lagowski Founder/CEO/Queen Bee Successful financial management is one of the greatest keys to the sustainability of your nonprofit or association. The accuracy of your numbers is crucial for day-to-day funding of staffing, programming and strategic planning. And yet, depending on the source, 40% of nonprofit leaders and 60% of small business owners say they are not good at bookkeeping. Accounting is a highly-regulated area of importance for your organization, and yet most nonprofits do not invest in securing the specialists needed to manage their finances. And even when an association does hire a bookkeeper, leadership might not know...

These Red Flags Scream That You Need a New Bookkeeper

These Red Flags Scream That You Need a New Bookkeeper

By Melissa Lagowski Founder/CEO/Queen Bee If your nonprofit or association manages cash flow or oversees the filing of financial documentation on a regular basis, check out these warning signs that indicate when it’s time to hire a new bookkeeper. 1. Missed Deadlines Reconciliations and reporting are on a steady and predictable cycle. Bank statements are issued by the end of the month, so the bookkeeper should be able to reconcile all accounts and provide the monthly reports by the 15th of the following month. Governmental deadlines are also established and follow a regular pattern for submissions. If your filings are...

Why Is My Organization Not Growing?

Why Is My Organization Not Growing?

By: Sherry Quam Taylor QuamTaylor LLC The energy and passion needed to successfully fund and launch a nonprofit is not the same energy and passion that will keep it moving forward. Growing your organization takes even more, and most leaders feel this playing out daily. I’ve found that most nonprofits are full of passionate, thoughtful, and sacrificial leaders who have the ideas to make a great impact in the world. But I also know gaining traction and momentum to move forward isn’t easy. Often it takes an outsider’s perspective to bring clarity to problem areas. Whether your organization generates $300K or...

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  • Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
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  • Networking for Personal and Professional Growth
  • Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection
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  • To Be Successful, Nonprofits and Associations Must Be Forward-Thinking
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  • How to Manage Your Organization During an Election Year Without Violating Your Nonprofit Status
  • DIY Event Photos
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  • Transparency and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Apply the Spoon Theory to Run Your Nonprofit
  • 3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva
  • Communication Tips to Advance Your Organization
  • Melissa Lagowski Named Faculty Member at Institute for Organization Management
  • Talk to Me! Prioritizing Internal Communications During Times of Transition
  • If You’re Feeling Hopeless of Late, Remember That Your Work Matters and You Do, Too
  • Client Spotlight: Hope For The Day
  • Strategies for Membership Based Associations to Flourish in Face-to-Face Interactions
  • Holding On When You Feel Like Throwing In the Towel
  • Chart a Path for Nonprofit Success
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  • Self-Care: A Necessity for Successful Leadership
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  • Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic
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  • Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?
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  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
  • Tips For Meaningful #GivingTuesday Follow-Up
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  • How to Keep Your Visuals On-Brand
  • The 3 Mistakes I Made Managing a Nonprofit
  • Fresh Funding Ideas Are Blooming
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  • 6 Tips for Recruiting Ideal Board Members
  • The Birth of a New Vision
  • Our Top Five Free Online Tools for Nonprofit Management Teams
  • The Benefits of Outsourcing
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  • How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals
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  • The Board’s Hot (Summer) Topics
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  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
  • The Keys to Presenting Your Nonprofit Online
  • 3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership
  • Virtual Fundraising: 18 Ideas for Nonprofit Revenue
  • Goal-Setting For Successful Events
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  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I
  • 10 Cybersecurity Tips to Protect Your Nonprofit from Cyber Threats
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  • Client Spotlight: Illinois Theatre Association
  • Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?
  • Why Nonprofits Need to Evaluate Their Budgets Every Year
  • These Red Flags Scream That You Need a New Bookkeeper
  • An Interim Leader Isn’t a “Temp:” Interim Leadership in NPOs as a Management Profession
  • Financial Planning for Uncertain Times
  • Advantages of Donor Database Software for Charitable Organizations
  • Want To Retain Your Employees? Wellness in the Workplace Matters!
  • Gen Z is the Next Wave of Donors—How Can Nonprofits Engage Them?
  • Crisis Management: Are You Ready?
  • Four Tactics to Resolve Nonprofit Staffing Shortages
  • Boost Your Daily Productivity
  • Team Culture Exists Beyond the Office Walls
  • Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
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  • How to Rewire Your Brain with Positive Thinking
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  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
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  • Word of the Year: Manifestation
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  • Put Some Zing in Your Zoom (Or Any Other Virtual Meeting)
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  • Leadership Starts with You
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  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II
  • Why You Need to Establish Gratitude as a Pillar at Your Nonprofit
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  • 50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article
  • Defining Your Value: Reclaiming Relevance to the Community You Serve
  • 5 Tips for Prioritizing Your Mental Health in the Workplace
  • How to Secure Mega Sponsorships For Your Fundraising Event!
  • Please Send a Hi-res Copy of Your Logo
  • Board Nominating: A Better Way
  • Making a Case for Strategic Planning
  • Should You Ever Cover Board Member Expenses?
  • Take Time to Evaluate Your Events
  • 2020: A Lesson in Gratitude
  • Losing Control? Reclaim Your Time!
  • The Compelling Case to Renew
  • Tips to Ensure Event Safety
  • Clearer Communication Is the Secret to Better Outcomes
  • The Need to Go Beyond Surveys
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  • Interim Directors Provide Strength in Times of Transition
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  • 6 Tips for Healthy Collaboration with Your Board Chair
  • Optimize Your Contact List for Nonprofit Growth
  • Big Buzz Has COVID-19 Resources For You!
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