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Demonstrating Financial Leadership
Two essential traits effective leaders demonstrate are dedication to their organization’s mission and finances, and the ability to evoke trust in effectively leading both. This tutorial will cover what to do and continue doing, and what you may be doing to undercut that leadership, and offer six steps to improve your financial leadership to your staff and board.
Diversifying Revenue Sources
Diversifying revenue is a good idea for many organizations; however, implementing diversification is not a one size fits all solution for every organization. This tutorial looks into when, why, and how your organization can benefit from diversifying revenue sources.
Financial Health Dashboard
Does your board understand your financial position and reports? Do they know what’s important to track to stay informed on the financial health of your organization? Help your board and others stay informed on your organization’s reserves, budgets to actuals, and cashflow with an easy to use and understand Financial Dashboard.
Getting the Most Out of Your Grants
Since many organizations are grant dependent, meaning they rely upon grants for a large percentage of their revenue, it’s essential that these grants be formed in such a way that they sustain the organization overall. This short tutorial covers how to calculate and include the full costs of your programs into your grant budgets.
Planning for Uncertainty
We are operating during unprecedented times and it is difficult to know what the scope and impact from COVID-19 will be. However, your organization can prepare for the unknown impact and changes now and adjust as needed when more is known and revealed. This tutorial walks you through critical steps and scenario planning to take now to prepare for the uncertainty ahead.
Seis Pasos para Crear un Plan de Captación de Fondos
Cuando llega el momento de determinar las metas anuales de captación de fondos y prepararse para el año que viene, un plan de captación de fondos bien desarrollado es la clave del éxito. Un plan bien pensado puede ayudar a orientar las actividades, solicitar los apoyos, asegurar los recursos que permitan el éxito, y mantener a toda la organización informada de las metas y estrategias. Este recurso de TREC es una guía para la realización de un proceso de seis pasos para crear una hoja de ruta que les permita alcanzar sus metas.
Successful Board and ED Approaches to Navigate Staff Management
For Executive Directors to be successful, Boards may support but must let EDs lead in all the core functions they were hired to do, including staff management. This resource offers approaches and suggestions for Boards and EDs to work effectively through staff management and inter-staff conflict.
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COVID-19 Resources for Canadian ENGOs
The Sustainability Network has compiled some of the best resources specifically for nonprofits and in some cases specifically for ENGOs. They have not taken a line by line review of entries although most come from highly trusted sources. VISIT RESOURCE ImagineCanada has also compiled a list of new measures by the federal government that impact […]
Creating a Feedback-Rich Culture
Feedback isn’t about “once-and-done.” An effective organization strives to create a feedback-rich culture which takes both organizational systems and leadership behaviors that are applied consistently over time. Systems support and sustain behaviors. Behaviors bring systems to life. Use this list to see where your organizations thrive and identify where you might need to focus on improving.
How to Conduct an Organizational Assessment
A brief tutorial that will guide you through a step-by-step self-assessment of your organization. Walk through key indicators of organizational health and learn what to strive for in each. Follow along while you complete TREC’s Organizational Effectiveness Self-Assessment.
Organizational Effectiveness Assessment & Model
What does an effective organization look like? What are the most important indicators of organizational effectiveness in each of the three main foci of your organization – program, people, and money? What benchmarks should you strive for under each? Use TREC’s Organizational Effectiveness self-Assessment tool to gain clarity on the status of your organization- both in your strengths & opportunities to improve.
Successful Board and ED Approaches to Navigate Staff Management
For Executive Directors to be successful, Boards may support but must let EDs lead in all the core functions they were hired to do, including staff management. This resource offers approaches and suggestions for Boards and EDs to work effectively through staff management and inter-staff conflict.
Webinar Collection | Organization Effectiveness
TREC also offers a variety of 60-minute webinars by the TREC team and guest presenters that accompany our templates, tutorials, toolkits, and written resources to develop your learnings, understanding, and competencies in organization effectivess.