Hardy Smith's Blog - Nonprofit Consulting Services & Motivational Speaker

Welcome to Hardy Smith's blog, where he shares experience and insight learned through decades in the corporate world and advocating on behalf of nonprofits and associations across America.

Hardy's mission is to help maximize the performance of nonprofits and associations and their essential leadership teams.

If you’re seeking to triumph over communication challenges, bring meaningful and manageable solutions to, and realize measurable results of your organization, this blog will give you more than ideas -- it will maximize your team’s performance like never before.

Ask Questions To Improve Communication with Nonprofit Board Members

Asking questions will improve communications with nonprofit board members Read More >>

Understanding Nonprofit Board Financial Reports

Understanding financial reports for the organization they serve, is an important part of the fiduciary responsibility of nonprofit board members. Read More >>

Is Your Nonprofit Heart Healthy?

My heart attack experience helped me better understand the importance of nonprofit boards. Read More >>

Challenge Your Decision Making

Research shows we often make decisions based on assumptions that may not be true. So It's important to challenge your decision making process. Read More >>

Hardy Smith’s Recommended Reading for Nonprofit Leaders

Books: These are books that I have personally read and recommend as being beneficial to anyone working with nonprofits, associations, and volunteer-based organizations. Some are considered classics by nonprofit professionals and others reflect the most current trends affecting nonprofit performance. I'm an avid reader and new titles are added frequently! Read More >>

9 Success Tips for Leading Volunteers

Volunteers can be the secret sauce for success or a real pain to deal with. Here are 9 success tips for leading volunteers. Read More >>

Work Ahead to Find Board Replacements

Nonprofits can get better results from board recruiting when they work in advance to find needed replacements. Read More >>

Where Is Your Nonprofit at Mid-Year?

It's the half-way point for this year. Where is your nonprofit on achieving it's priority goals? Read More >>

Are Volunteers Your Nonprofit's Secret Sauce?

Volunteers are the secret sauce for success for many organizations. However in many situations volunteers can be more of a pain than a help. Read More >>