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Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2025: Key Shifts in Fundraising, Leadership, and Donor Engagement

Nonprofits have seen their share of challenges in 2024, and while it is difficult to predict what 2025 will bring, here are a few anticipated trends coming for the new year: Events: It’s no surprise that it costs nonprofits more to raise money through events than it does to raise…

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Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2025: Key Shifts in Fundraising, Leadership, and Donor Engagement

Nonprofits have seen their share of challenges in 2024, and while it is difficult to predict what 2025 will bring, here are a few anticipated…

What is Institutional Fit?

What Search Committees and Candidates Should Consider Identifying “institutional fit” is a vital, yet somewhat elusive part of the search process for higher education institutions.

Rethinking the Campus Presentation: Why It’s Time for a New Approach to Hiring

When you set out to select an accountant to assist you with filing your tax return, did you have each of those accountants provide you…

Two Ways to Meet the Student Housing Challenge

There’s no escaping it, for housing departments across the country, the number one topic of the season is cost. The student loan crisis…

Spelman Johnson at the National Organization of State Associations for Children (NOSAC) Conference

Erin Hall, Spelman Johnson’s nonprofit practice leader, attended the spring meeting of the National Organization of State Associations for Children (NOSAC) last week and spoke…

With Sadness

William Spelman 1943-2024 One of the founding partners of Spelman Johnson, Bill Spelman possessed a vision for developing leaders who would impact their institutions. His…

Head Football Coaches: Five Keys to a Successful Hire

Football can be a high profile sport on a campus and a successful football program contributes to the engagement of students and alumni with the…

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The Devil is in the Details 2.0

Because the major part of my job entails a deep daily dive into a vast ocean of resumes, cover letters, and other application materials, I…

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