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Guide or Instruction

How to Prevent Conflicts of Interest in Your Nonprofit Organization

Your nonprofit organization's best approach toward potential conflicts of interest is to establish a policy that will prevent these conflicts.
Guide or Instruction

How to Manage Investments in Your Nonprofit Organization

If your nonprofit organization is considering investments and planned giving, you will need a committee that is dedicated to this task.
Guide or Instruction

Why Your Nonprofit Organization Should Record its History

Your nonprofit organization's history includes valuable information and insights - your institutional memory - that should not be lost to time.
Guide or Instruction

How to Stop Bad Behavior on Your Nonprofit Board

Your entire nonprofit board can be paralyzed by the bad behavior and negative attitude of even one board member.
Guide or Instruction

How to Recognize Potential Sources of Conflict in Your Historic Preservation Organization

The passion that fuels advocacy work can also lead to friction and conflict among the staff, board members, and volunteers of a nonprofit organization.
Guide or Instruction

How to Help Your Historic Preservation Group Thrive During Growth and Change

Learn about some of the challenges your group my face as it moves through stages of development.
Guide or Instruction

How to Manage Conflict in Your Nonprofit Organization

Conflict will be inevitable in your nonprofit organization, but avoiding a conflict will only waste time and drive people away from your organization.
Guide or Instruction

Why Intellectual Property Issues Matter to Your Nonprofit Organization

Awareness of IP and nonprofit copyright laws will help you protect your organization's reputation and brand.
Guide or Instruction

FAQs About Intellectual Property Rights for Historic Preservation Organizations

Get answers to some common questions about intellectual property for historic preservation organizations.
Guide or Instruction

How to Use Educational Tours to Build Membership and Raise Funds

Tours offer a great way to increase the visibility of your organization and preservation issues in the area.
Guide or Instruction

About the Historic Preservation Advocacy Guide

Learn how to advocate for the preservation of historic buildings and resources in your community.
Guide or Instruction

How to Work with Your Local Government to Advocate for Historic Preservation

Your historic preservation group can work with your local government to advocate for a historic preservation ordinance and commission.
Feature Story

Dogged Determination Saves Historic Chippewa Falls Building

Sustained Community Effort Turns a 1907 High School Building into a Thriving Arts Center
Learn how a historic preservation group dealt with setbacks and conflicts to turn a deteriorating school building into a successful arts center
Feature Story

Public Relations Campaign Saves Madison's Historic State Street Buildings

A Positive Message and Multifaceted Campaign Saves the Historic Buildings
A positive and reasonable message was the key to saving historic buildings on the city of Madison's famed State Street.
Feature Story

Uncommon Partnership Saves Historic Bowstring Bridges

Preservationists, Hunters, and Government Officials Coordinate Efforts to Spare Bridges from Demolition
An unlikely partnership of preservationists, hunters, and government officials spare historic bridges from demolition.
Article

Education, Advocacy, and Lobbying: Why Your Historic Preservation Group Needs to Know the Difference

To avoid tax penalties, learn the differences between education, advocacy, and lobbying.

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