Resources

Nonprofit Governance Assessment Checklist (PDF) Click here to view or download the checklist referenced in The Wyland Report e-newsletter.

The Role of the Nonprofit Board Chair The nonprofit board chair’s role is one of the most important, least well-defined, and least understood leadership positions. 

The Tragedy of the Nonprofit Executive Committee A nonprofit board chair or CEO calls us to ask for help with their board.  Board members aren’t

Giving Feedback Three WaysTwo-page article discussing how leaders can give effective support to team members by understanding how to use coaching feedback, affirmation feedback, and

Michael Wyland developed this two-page handout (PDF) for a panel on nonprofot sector consulting presented at the ARNOVA conference in Chicago in 2016. ARNOVA 2016

Community Health Needs Assessments – Pitfalls to Avoid March 12, 2013: A version of this article was published by The Nonprofit Quarterly and may be

Community Health Needs Assessments UPDATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Sumption & Wyland, in association with Sage Project Consultants, has designed a comprehensive community health needs assessment

Nonprofit Political Speech in a Post-Citizens United and IRS Scandal Environment The following paper was presented at the 2014 ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit

Future of South Dakota’s public higher education isn’t in the past “In June, Argus Leader Media published a long and impassioned series of three essays

Charity Care and Nonprofit Hospitals — Response to Forbes Magazine The following is my response to a September 19, 2012 Forbes magazine web site article. 

For Donors – Now is the Time to Plan Your Year-End Giving [A version of this article ran as a guest editorial in the Sioux

Nonprofit Dissolutions – What to Do When a Nonprofit Ceases Operations? In addition to any information you find here and elsewhere, the bottom line is