Nonprofit Nav Articles

Normalizing “No” to Networking Meetings [Opinion] MarketingOpinion

Normalizing “No” to Networking Meetings [Opinion]

A couple years into owning my own business, about the same time it started to…

Katie Appold, MPADecember 8, 2025

The Super Power of a Member Needs Assessment ManagementMembershipStrategic Planning

The Super Power of a Member Needs Assessment

Before we dig into the superpower of a Member Needs Assessment, I have to clarify…

Katie Appold, MPANovember 4, 2025

Now Hiring: Account Manager + Consultant Job Postings

Now Hiring: Account Manager + Consultant

Position Description Nonprofit Nav is a national nonprofit consulting company that serves a variety of…

Katie Appold, MPAOctober 15, 2025

What RomComs Taught Me About Nonprofit Leadership Leadership

What RomComs Taught Me About Nonprofit Leadership

This blog has taken me longer to write than any other, but it has been…

Katie Appold, MPAJuly 26, 2025

12 Boardroom Icebreakers Board of DirectorsFree DownloadLeadershipManagement

12 Boardroom Icebreakers

Stop talking weather and start talking strategy. Every minute of every board meeting is an…

Katie Appold, MPAJuly 1, 2025

What Great Board Members Know (and Practice) [Interactive Governance Training] Board of DirectorsLeadershipManagementTraining Sessions

What Great Board Members Know (and Practice) [Interactive Governance Training]

Interactive Governance Training All nonprofit boards—no matter how experienced—benefit from ongoing training. The landscape of…

Katie Appold, MPAJune 4, 2025

What is Nonprofit Technical Assistance? Board of DirectorsCommunicationsFundraisingLeadershipManagementMarketingStrategic Planning

What is Nonprofit Technical Assistance?

The first time I heard of a nonprofit technical assistance grant, I imagined a grant…

Katie Appold, MPAApril 10, 2025

Five Hard Truths About Nonprofit Leadership Jobs Job PostingsLeadershipManagement

Five Hard Truths About Nonprofit Leadership Jobs

About once a month, someone reaches out to me about finding a job in the…

Katie Appold, MPAMarch 14, 2025

Resources for Nonprofits in Response to Executive Orders (January 2025) Fundraising

Resources for Nonprofits in Response to Executive Orders (January 2025)

We hope everyone’s blood pressure has returned to normal following a flurry of executive orders…

Katie Appold, MPAJanuary 30, 2025

Job Posting: Marketing Coordinator – FILLED Job Postings

Job Posting: Marketing Coordinator – FILLED

Position Description Nonprofit Nav is a nonprofit consulting company that serves a variety of organizations…

Katie Appold, MPAJanuary 17, 2025

7 Signs Your Nonprofit is Due for Strategic Planning Strategic Planning

7 Signs Your Nonprofit is Due for Strategic Planning

Like an annual checkup or dentist appointment, you might forget your nonprofit is due for…

Katie Appold, MPAJanuary 16, 2025

Communications Resolutions for 2025 CommunicationsMarketing

Communications Resolutions for 2025

A new year is an opportunity to turn lessons learned into resolutions for a better…

Katie Appold, MPAJanuary 3, 2025

What does a government shutdown mean for your nonprofit? [Updated October 2025] FundraisingManagementNew Nonprofit

What does a government shutdown mean for your nonprofit? [Updated October 2025]

This article was originally written and published in September of 2023, when a government shutdown…

Katie Appold, MPADecember 20, 2024

Robert’s Rules of Order: A Roadmap for Beginners Board of DirectorsLeadership

Robert’s Rules of Order: A Roadmap for Beginners

Whether you’re stepping into your first board meeting or have attended countless meetings without fully…

Katie Appold, MPANovember 6, 2024

Job Posting: Operations Assistant Job Postings

Job Posting: Operations Assistant

Position Description Nonprofit Nav is a nonprofit consulting company that serves a variety of organizations…

Katie Appold, MPASeptember 1, 2024

Hanging Up & Walking Out | Disconnecting from the Dark Side of the Nonprofit Sector Leadership

Hanging Up & Walking Out | Disconnecting from the Dark Side of the Nonprofit Sector

The term “boundaries” has evolved from a buzzword to a way of life. In the…

Katie Appold, MPAAugust 22, 2024

Five Ways Boards and Executive Directors Annoy Each Other (And How to Improve the Dynamic) Board of DirectorsLeadership

Five Ways Boards and Executive Directors Annoy Each Other (And How to Improve the Dynamic)

‘Walk a day in their shoes’ is common advice when seeking to understand a relationship…

Katie Appold, MPAAugust 22, 2024

Should strategic planning take six months or six hours? Strategic Planning

Should strategic planning take six months or six hours?

Spoiler alert…as you probably guessed, the answer is it depends…on a lot of things. About…

Katie Appold, MPAApril 6, 2024

Ten Common Experiences of New Nonprofit Leaders Leadership

Ten Common Experiences of New Nonprofit Leaders

1) You’ll be informed of anything and everything that has ever bothered anyone. There’s a…

Katie Appold, MPAJanuary 20, 2024

The Value of Five Minutes Uncategorized

The Value of Five Minutes

How Can I Get Any Work Done with So Many Meetings? A day filled with…

Katie Appold, MPAJune 7, 2023

Is an Interim Executive Director the Right Choice? Leadership

Is an Interim Executive Director the Right Choice?

We have all heard the phrase "change is hard" at some point in our professional…

Katie Appold, MPAApril 7, 2023

5 Considerations When Hiring a Feasibility Consultant Fundraising

5 Considerations When Hiring a Feasibility Consultant

Is your nonprofit's project ready for a feasibility study?  You've decided it's time to grow,…

Katie Appold, MPAMarch 21, 2023

Where to Register Once Your Nonprofit Has its 501c3 New Nonprofit

Where to Register Once Your Nonprofit Has its 501c3

The heavy lifting of filing and receiving your exempt status may be complete, but there…

Katie Appold, MPAFebruary 22, 2023

Are You a Paragraph Person? Uncategorized

Are You a Paragraph Person?

When I do strategic planning sessions for nonprofits, I often incorporate a “3-minute Rule.” If…

Katie Appold, MPAFebruary 7, 2023

Should Nonprofits Recycle Board Members? Board of Directors

Should Nonprofits Recycle Board Members?

What does it mean to "recycle board members"? To start, it’s probably best stated as…

Katie Appold, MPAJanuary 13, 2023

Ten Classic Habits v. The Next Big Thing Uncategorized

Ten Classic Habits v. The Next Big Thing

A recent Seth Godin blog applauded and cautioned all the personalities, products, and trends to…

Katie Appold, MPADecember 30, 2022

Three Messages Every Nonprofit Needs Marketing

Three Messages Every Nonprofit Needs

If you help children… That is fantastic. Likey, at least 25% of the other charities…

Katie Appold, MPADecember 17, 2022

Rotarian Wisdom for Your Brand’s Social Media Marketing

Rotarian Wisdom for Your Brand’s Social Media

Don't Let Social Media Become a Danger Zone for Your Nonprofit Social media can be…

Katie Appold, MPAFebruary 28, 2022