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Are you chasing events or creating relationships?
Every year I see it happen. Community benefit organizations throughout our area rush to add one more fund raising event in to an already overfilled calendar. Some are making that last push to make...
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Just the facts?
You are the Executive Director or Board President of a small Community Benefit organization. Like so many others, your organization is facing challenges related to decreasing revenues and increasing...
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Connect to Gratitude
It is a busy time of year. It is far too easy to be caught up in the activity of the holidays. It is also easy to focus on the negatives in the world, yet as Hildy Gottlieb so frequently reminds...
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Consulting comes naturally
Two years ago today I stopped being an Executive Director. I had held the position for more than 11 years and it was time for a change. I took some time to put my house in order, literally! As I...
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I see you rolling your eyes!
It was a normal day and a perfectly normal conversation until I mentioned social media. You began getting the twitchy look people get when they are nervous. It wasn’t until I mentioned Twitter that...
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The World According to Twitter
Once upon a time I was the Executive Director for a small nonprofit organization. Living in a rural area, we had to carefully choose the once a year educational treks to the Big City for a 1 day...
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Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and Changing the World
When did you stop believing you could change the world? Was it about the time you realized that Santa Claus might be a mechanic who smelled like Old Spice and looked a lot like your dad? Was it when...
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Being a Pollyanna is good for communities
Thanks to Dave Svet of Spur Communications for reminding me I need a new blog post and for sharing some interesting ideas this week! Dave has written a 3 part blog series on how the Pollyanna...
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Dear Executive Director
Dear Executive Director, I received your letter today asking me to help you serve people in our community. I’m not sure how I got on your mailing list and don’t really know much about your...
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I learned it all from Janet
“It’s all right to tell me ‘no’, ” I heard Janet say to an agency volunteer for about the 10th time that day. The amazing thing about Janet, is she really meant it! I’ve thought a lot about Janet...
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Let Your Life Speak
It has been well over a month since I last blogged here. I would like to plead writer’s block or a too busy work schedule, but the reality is my brain needed to reboot. It started with a family trip,...
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Paper or electronic?
I read a lot of books. Every time I want to learn something new, take a break from reality, expand my perspectives or just veg – I reach for a book. Reading isn’t just about the words on a page …...
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Community Shares the Burdens
This morning I asked my Twitter followers to keep Lake Havasu City in their thoughts. Our close knit town is still in shock from the senseless shootings Saturday night in which 6 people, including the...
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But I bought the book…
We’ve all done it in the Community Benefit Sector. Inspired by a speaker at a conference, or an article about a new governance or fundraising idea, we bought the book. We just knew we couldn’t afford...
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Why should we hire a consultant? Questions are the Key
One of the most important things a consultant can do for your organizations is ask questions. Lots of questions. Questions you haven’t thought of. Questions that stretch you, excite you and can even...
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And now for something completely different…
I haven’t written a word here in months. Part of that was not my fault. It has been a horrendous year for our family and only now are we getting back in to a routine. It wasn’t even because I …...
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Epic Thanks
I came here to my blog directly from making my donation to Epic Thanks http://epicthanks.org Every year I make a donation to help support Epic Change been making a difference for children and their...
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The End of an Era or a New Beginning?
In December, a 30 year old youth organization in our community, Havasu for Youth, announced that they were struggling to keep their doors open. Deep funding cuts from city government and United Way...
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All I Ask
This blog post is written in response to the invitation of this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival to write an anonymous letter to board volunteers about something that bugs you. This is for those quiet...
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Board Candidates: Who Are They Really?
Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking has had me thinking recently about the importance of recruiting both introverts and extroverts to your board. As...
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