This post expands upon the one I did last month on good practices for Managing Your Critical Business Accounts. I look more closely at financial risks, again, reaching out to a handful of nonprofit leaders who think about this topic every day. I know articles and posts about this topic are published frequently. My message is: Just because you are a nonprofit, just because you are a small organization, do not think you will not be attacked. Every leader I spoke with indicated that they have been targeted. And some have lost money because they were not prepared. Organizations Are… Read more
Category: Good Corporate Practices
Avoid Chaos by Managing Critical Business Accounts
Working with business accounts in an organization can be challenging, especially when dealing with transitions or limited staffing. The Challenge I was involved with a small nonprofit organization that had only two employees. When one staff person left unexpectedly and was mostly unavailable, I stepped up – on an interim basis – to manage finance and operations. The process was more difficult than I expected. For example, I discovered that we lacked a shared contact list for key vendors, such as our attorney, insurance agent, and CPA. I had to piece together information from emails and invoices. Furthermore, the previous… Read more


