By: Melanie Emerson, PhD Conflict in the workplace is often viewed through a negative lens, associated with stress, reduced morale, and...

By: Lara Ruggles I’m going to let you in on one of my personal pet peeves about grant applications - I will never understand how so many...

By: Maddy Bynes-DeVaney, MPP "What a week!" "I haven't felt this way since the first days of COVID." "I don't even know what to tell...

By Sarah Launius, PhD If you've ever tried to navigate the waters of program evaluation, you might have found yourself drowning in...

By Melanie Emerson, PhD The nature of crises has changed. They're no longer isolated or short-lived events. Instead they're...

By Lara Ruggles When your grant application is reviewed by the committee who will decide what projects will be awarded their grant, one...

By: Maddy Bynes-DeVaney, MPP With 2024 coming to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect and say thank you! For me personally, it's...

By Maddy Bynes-DeVaney, MPP No matter what side of the aisle you're on politically, we all gritted our teeth and waited on November 5th...

By Melanie Emerson, PhD As artificial intelligence (AI) grows more integrated into society, ethical questions surrounding how it can and...

By Lara Ruggles, Grants Associate There’s a grant application due in 24 hours, and you haven’t even started on it. This grant would be...

By Maddy Bynes-DeVaney You might be asking yourself how public policy really affects your nonprofit organization. In addition to the...

By Melanie Emerson, PhD A new trend in leadership has been emerging within a growing number of nonprofit organizations as a unique way to...

2022 has been one for the books. First and foremost, we opened Bynes Consulting Group on August 20, 2022! These past four months have...

Over the past nearly 3 years, we’ve become keenly aware of change. I remember March 13, 2020. At my former job we were putting out fire...

With the end of the federal fiscal year quickly approaching, and Congress getting ready to pass a continuing resolution to extend the FY...

Have you ever started a project and in no time staff members are unclear as to their roles, responsibilities, and deadlines. Here are...

You’ll often hear that non-profit organizations can’t participate in lobbying. Though untrue, there are some rules that non-profits have...

I’ve been told many times throughout my career that non-profits cannot advocate and cannot engage with elected officials. The reality is...