The Secret to Successful Board Meetings? Great Facilitation. Think back to the last time someone invited you to sit on a nonprofit board. If you’re like most … [Read more...]
An Easy New Way to Connect with Grantmakers…
Spokes Members can now connect grant research and personal relationships through LinkedIn The most successful grants are always the ones that come as the … [Read more...]
New Data: Using Tech to Boost Donor Dollars
Website. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Online Donation buttons. Email Solicitations. E-Newsletters. #overwhelming! Understanding, navigating, and sustaining … [Read more...]
The Right Way to Bring New CEO on Board
Just hired a new CEO at your nonprofit? Now, the real Board work begins. Spring is always a time of growth and re-birth in the natural world. It seems the … [Read more...]
Summer Internships
Summer is fast approaching. Are you preparing to bring a student intern on to your team this summer? While internships can be held year-round, more students … [Read more...]
Volunteer Appreciation
Dear Volunteers: Thank You for All You Do! Did you know that 7.4 million Californians volunteer for their local nonprofits each year to contribute a total of … [Read more...]
We’re Hiring!
We're Hiring! Reporting to the CEO, the Administrative Services Manager supports Spokes’ operations through detailed administration and excellent customer … [Read more...]
Four Steps To Prevent Stress
Stress and burnout plague everyone in every sector. Nonprofit employees, however, seem to suffer especially. If we all spent five minutes jotting down the … [Read more...]
Nonprofit Leadership and Politics
At Spokes, we are having daily conversations with our nonprofit members about the political discourse that is permeating our professional and social … [Read more...]
How to Ask for Overhead Funding
Many nonprofits who receive government grants/contracts were thrilled when the U.S. Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) implemented its “Uniform … [Read more...]
Let’s Get Social!
It's official: Facebook officially unveiled its Facebook Fundraiser feature last fall (say that three times fast!), and now the question is, well...what exactly … [Read more...]
Is your nonprofit’s performance (grant) award winning?
With last Sunday's Oscar's, it seems only fitting to explore the most recent trends in nonprofit performance review and rating systems. In their article, … [Read more...]
How Nonprofits Can Make a Difference While Remaining Nonpartisan
2016 established partisan vitriol as a new American social norm. Everyone has an opinion and no one is listening. It's a trend that is both exhausting and … [Read more...]
WARNING: Tax Season Generates Dangerous Scams Targeting Nonprofits
The IRS has issued an important warning about an unlawful "phishing" scam spreading throughout the nonprofit sector. The scam starts with an email requesting … [Read more...]
Spokes’ Board President Shares Her Story
2017 is a big year for Spokes. It marks our 5th year anniversary and we have some exciting changes planned internally and externally to continue growing and … [Read more...]
Press Release: Spokes celebrates 5th anniversary thanks to its earliest Founder’s Circle Donors
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, JANUARY 24, 2017 - Spokes, the nonprofit resource center for the Central Coast, celebrates five years serving San Luis Obispo County this … [Read more...]
Spokes Celebrates Five Years Helping Nonprofits
Wells Fargo continues to support the local nonprofit with a $10,000 gift SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, JANUARY 24, 2017 - Spokes, the nonprofit resource center for … [Read more...]
Rethinking Your 990: It’s a Marketing Tool, Too!
For many nonprofit organizations, January is the season for closing your books, preparing your financial annual report, generating W2 and 1099 Forms, and … [Read more...]
Making Missions Matter
Quick! Write down your mission statement. No cheating. Just from memory. Did you do it? Did you miss any language or concepts? Was your mission statement so … [Read more...]
4 Steps to Better Networking
Relationships, relationships, relationships. Every nonprofit organization relies on its external relationships to achieve its mission. Relationships with … [Read more...]
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