Description goAs the election approaches and recession fears loom, many nonprofits are freezing hiring across various roles, including executives, fundraisers, and marketing personnel. In this blog, Elizabeth Fields, President and Founder of Jackson Fields Consulting, will walk you through the benefits of hiring a Fractional Executive—be it a CEO, COO, CDO, or CFO—and how this approach can unlock success for your organization.es here

Trust is perhaps the most essential element to any successful organization, particularly for nonprofits, which require a high level of passion and commitment to hit fundraising goals and propel the mission forward. But how, as a nonprofit, can you foster a culture of trust with your leadership?

In our latest installment of Jackson Fields Consulting's LinkedIn Nonprofit Series, JFC’s Co-Founder Elizabeth Fields shares her top 5 tips for building trust in your nonprofit in times of change.

Whether you’re a blue-chip company or a nonprofit, your greatest asset is your people. The efforts of your team are what determine the future of the organization, its performance, and its ultimate value.

Jackson Fields Consulting's Senior Consultant, Kim Payne, discusses what makes Human Resources so important to nonprofits and how HR leaders can best serve nonprofit employees in today’s work climate.

We’ve all heard the saying, “a little goes a long way.” Nowhere does this have the potential to be more true than in nonprofit fundraising.

In this article, our Senior Consultant, Julie Garrett, discusses how a small, first-time donation presents a big fundraising opportunity for nonprofits.

Nearly all nonprofits have undergone some form of organizational change over the last couple of years. Be it shifting from in-person meetings to remote and hybrid work, or pivoting live fundraising events to virtual ones, we’ve learned the true value of flexibility.

We sat down with Jackson Fields Consulting's Co-Founder Brad Fields to discuss the importance of change management in the ever-changing nonprofit sector.

Board members play a key role in any nonprofit organization — they steer high-level goals, are ambassadors of the organization’s cause, and boost fundraising.

Board management expert and Jackson Fields Consulting's guest columnist Akweta Bereal discusses ways to engage your board to drive greater success at your nonprofit.

Many nonprofits live “paycheck to paycheck,” starting each quarter with only enough to get them through their next program cycle, instead of putting in place strategies to build long-term financial success.

In our lasted installment of JFC’s LinkedIn Nonprofit Series covering operations for nonprofit organizations (and why we need them), we look into five aspects of nonprofit fundraising that don’t get talked about enough.

Financial management is the lifeblood of any nonprofit. A nonprofit can have a passionate team, strong mission, and lucrative initial fundraising — but without a sound, long-term financial plan, all of this preliminary momentum is potentially moot.

Learn JFC’s five tenets of good nonprofit financial management.

Veteran nonprofit leader and JFC Founder Elizabeth Fields explores the fundamentals of marketing operations, and why marketing at nonprofits should never be a secondary priority.

Learn actionable advice for how to grow your organization’s brand, and why marketing shouldn’t be an afterthought, but your very first investment:

This new LinkedIn Nonprofit Leadership Series from Jackson Fields Consulting focuses on a different element of nonprofit operations in each installment, with the debut article offering key tips on how to bring your organization's HR Operations to the next level of growth and sustainability.

Listen to Jackson Fields Consulting’s Founder Elizabeth Fields on the COO Alliance podcast speak about leadership lessons learned from fundraising for top nonprofits and academic institutions.