By Sara Lundenberger – Director of nonprofit consulting Every day, we are all impacted by a nonprofit in our community, whether we know it or not. I pass through Zoar, which is preserved by a nonprofit. I walk my dog, Lucy, who I...
A quarter of change: Our first Dot Org blog recap of 2019
By the Dot Org Solutions team We are close to wrapping up the first quarter of the work year – and it has been full of change. Over the past three months, the Dot Org Solutions team has: Hired a manager of marketing and PR services (welcome to the team, Kayleigh!)...
Know your numbers – 4 fundraising metrics nonprofit leaders should know and track
By Amy Wong – President Nonprofit leaders must pay attention to many details – numbers served, outcomes, staffing percentages, budgets and dollars raised. In our work at Dot Org, however, we often find that leaders aren’t tracking or monitoring some key...
6 ways to become a transparent nonprofit leader
By Amy Wong – President Over the last several months, I have taken some time to learn more about workplace culture. In the process, I frequently came across the topic of transparent leadership and how it relates to building and maintaining a strong culture....
Get out of your own way: 4 personal and leadership development tips I learned from attending a conference from another industry
By Amy Wong – President As business owners and leaders, we tend to get in the way and slow progress for our teams and companies. There are different words and phrases for it – micromanager, storm cloud, roadblock and a host of other adjectives I don’t care to...