Monday, November 02, 2015

Nonprofits: Time to Go Pro | Gila Weinberg | The Blogs | The Times of Israel

Nonprofits: Time to Go Pro | Gila Weinberg | The Blogs | The Times of Israel: "What does it mean to professionalize your team? Simply put, it means clearly defining each person’s role, and ensuring that they are professionally trained and experienced to excel at that role.

This may sound obvious, but to many nonprofit leaders it is not. It’s hard to make the transition from “everyone does everything” to “each professional does their part”.  A founding director might think, When we started out, we did all the fundraising ourselves, with no development training; why do we need to hire an experienced fundraiser or grant writer now? When we founded this organization, we managed the finances ourselves; why must we hire a professional to manage our finances now?"



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