Review your employee Internet usage policy
| Date | 01 June 2015 |
| Published date | 01 June 2015 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/ban.30086 |
2 Board & Administrator
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From the Board Doctor
Don’t take that job!
When the board hires you with a
main emphasis on “boosting” fund-
raising, be very careful.
The North Valley Arts Council’s
board red an interim executive
director recently, grandforksherald.
com reported. One reason for the
termination? The new exec’s “failure
to boost fundraising,” the website
quoted a board member as saying.
NoVAC’s board asked Gary Ed-
wards to leave his position during its
monthly meeting because he couldn’t
improve fundraising and had con-
icts with the nonprot’s staff,
grandforksherald.com reported.
I’d be very wary of taking a job at a
nonprot when the board is focused
on improving fundraising. It’s a good
chance the organization is facing se-
vere nancial difculties, as the North
Valley Arts Council was in this case.
Sure, the administrator needs to
have a rm handle on the organiza-
tion’s nances, but being “fundraiser
extraordinaire” really shouldn’t be
the only part of your job description.
There are programs, personnel and
physical plant concerns that take up
plenty of your time as well.
When the board has money con-
cerns, and really it’s the rare and
fortunate nonprot that doesn’t,
focus your board on diversifying rev-
enue as outlined in a recent Board &
Administrator article. (See May 2015
issue, Board says diversify revenue
but thinks its work stops there.)
Key things to remember about
engaging the board when it has rev-
enue concerns include:
• Don’t let the board shirk re-
sponsibility. Get them involved in
discussing solutions to money issues
by asking them questions. Show the
board the nancial data and ask the
board for options and ideas on im-
proving the revenue situation.
• When you write a strategic plan,
write a fundraising plan as well. Re-
member, the board has an obligation
to pay for their plans for the nonprot.
• Get outside help and train your
board to fundraise. If you are in a
dire situation nancially, the best
gift your organization might ever
receive is a donation to bring in an
expert to speak frankly with your
board about how they view fundrais-
ing at the organization (why does the
board not contribute in this area?).
A consultant can also train the
board in the steps they need to take
to become active in the nonprot’s
fundraising activities.
For more information, go to
http://goo.gl/bPJPIu.
Sincerely, Jeff Stratton, Editor
515.963.7972;
jeff_stratton@msn.com. ■
Review your employee Internet usage policy
In a LinkedIn post, “5 Easy Things
You Should Do to Protect Your
Business Now!” executives can nd
a timely reminder that the board
should review its Internet policy:
“With so many people ‘addicted’ to
Facebook and Twitter, it’s important
that your employees know where the
line is drawn in what they can and
can’t post online,” the LinkedIn post
said. “We also recommend content-
ltering software to block content
and web sites you don’t want em-
ployees visiting during work hours.”
For more information, go to
http://goo.gl/jktw9M. ■
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