10 Steps of a Nonprofit Board Recruitment Plan

Like many governance responsibilities within a nonprofit organization, board recruitment is best dealt with through process. Below are ten steps to a developing a successful nonprofit board recruitment plan. See how your organization’s process stacks up, and let us know if you think this is the right way to recruit the right people. 1.) Determine Needs, […]

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Volunteer, Nonprofit Consultant – Highly Skilled and Professionally Accomplished

Would you like to use your hard-earned business or nonprofit leadership skills to give back in a meaningful way to the community you care about? Interested in being a part of a network of more than 150 trained consultants with deep experience and distinguished management careers? Empower Success Corps (ESC), a nonprofit organization, seeks seasoned […]

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10 Ways to Improve Email Marketing

Nonprofits often rely on email marketing as their main form of communication, mainly for its ability to get information out to large numbers of people quickly and for little cost. However, it does have some headwinds.  That is because there are more and more emails being sent, which make it harder to break through the […]

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ESC’s Strategic Plan: Goals and Objectives

In January of 2020, ESC launched an internal strategic planning process with the help of consultants Marilyn Stempler (lead), Ron Ryan and Andy Jasse. The project was temporarily put on pause due to the pandemic but work resumed last summer. Four main goals were identified and over the past six months, teams of staff and […]

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Upgrading Your Nonprofit’s Technology for a COVID-19 World

ESC’s Director of Communications, Katherine Cruise, had virtual “sit down” with Jacques Ouimet, a volunteer technology consultant, and discussed how nonprofits can adapt their technology during the pandemic. Katherine: With me today is Jacques Ouimet, a volunteer technology consultant at Empower Success Corps (ESC), who has looked at the changes required to operate in the […]

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ESC Transitions Our Work to Virtual While Helping Other Nonprofits Do the Same

When many nonprofits in New England closed their doors in mid-March due to state shut down orders, ESC took a step back to assess how best to serve our clients in light of the global pandemic. While some of our clients decided to temporarily pause their consulting engagements, several felt it was a good time […]

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Should You Consider a Strategic Alliance?

by James Barrow Will the “New Normal” suggest new opportunities?  Many nonprofits are questioning what is next for their organization. One avenue suggests there will be a whole new level of collaborative initiatives driven by a new attitude about working together, or by recognition that a more streamlined organization is required. This may result in […]

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Communicating in a Crisis: Thoughts from ESC

By Marjorie Bauer, Debra Yanofsky, Gabriele Loebbert, and Janice Dolnick Introduction We hope you are all healthy, safe and sound during this unprecedented time of social distancing and virtual service delivery. While marketing is about the last thing you want to think about during a crisis like COVID-19, the need to communicate to all your […]

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