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Leadership – Are You Looking In the Mirror?
Published on 2013-04-25 10:02:01
What’s In Your Pitch?
Published on 2013-02-14 10:57:06
Do you have a good way of describing your professional business so that the person listening is interested enough to ask questions or ask for your card? In her article, Deborah Grayson Riegel points out that we often don’t sound “real” when
Internal vs. External Does Matter
Published on 2012-12-03 15:52:20
I just read Susan Battley’s article about success rates for insider chief executives versus outsider chief executives. I must admit, the research surprised me a little. Studies have shown that Chief Executives who are promoted from within are oft
#GivingTuesday – The New Philanthro-tier
Published on 2012-11-27 14:32:54
You are on Twitter and wondering what the heck is all this #GivingTuesday hype you keep seeing, but you don’t ask because you want to be cool. And you are cool – you are on twitter after all. I write this post in an effort to help you maintai
A New Excellent Resource
Published on 2012-07-18 14:02:54
Some amazing work just came out from Bridgestar and they are giving it away! If you are not familiar with Bridgestar, you will want to get acquainted with their work soon. This has been a tremendous resource for me as a nonprofit leader. Bridgestar is an initiative of the Bridgespan group. Bridgespan is a group [...]
The Numbers Add Up
Published on 2012-05-30 14:22:28
Have you noticed how many article titles have numbers in them? You know: 10 Places You Must Travel, 5 Tips for Better Tweets, 3 Reasons to Eat Better, …..Obviously, as readers, we are fascinated by lists – otherwise there wouldn’t be so many of these articles. Here is one I clicked on recently: “8 Rules For [...]
Strategic Thinkers, Visionary Leaders
Published on 2012-05-09 14:20:34
I had a board member from a nonprofit organization tell me that their board decided they should stop focusing so much on performance measures and consider other means of evaluating their executive. After I stopped choking on the water that I happened to swallow at that very moment, I asked her why? She said [...]
San Antonio’s Eastside Promise
Published on 2012-03-16 10:53:41
Last week a spotlight was focused on education in San Antonio. An impressive delegation which included the United Way of Bexar County, City of San Antonio, United Way International, the Department of Education, and Promise Neighborhoods Initiatives toured the targeted schools, Tynan Early Childhood Center, Bowden Elementary, Pershing Elementary, Washington Elementary, Wheatley Middle and Sam [...]
Collaborative Transformational Change
Published on 2012-02-21 14:23:41
It has been 5 months since I last blogged. A lot has happened during that time: Twitter has become more popular; facebook is going public ; Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston and North Korea’s evil dictator all died; we started a new year; the economy is showing signs of turning around; and I……..completed my graduate work, [...]
Boards, Funders: Hold Your Nonprofit Leaders Accountable.
Published on 2011-08-02 11:18:01
I was reading an article by Paul Connolly, in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In the article, Connolly discusses how some people propose that the best thing you can fund in a nonprofit is the fundraising arm of the organization. Connolly suggests that tactic is short-sighted: This evidence is consistent with other research on nonprofit [...]
What Are Your Talents?
Published on 2011-06-08 09:42:34
I am doing some work helping a local nonprofit organization transform their culture. One of the development tools I am using with them is based on one of my favorite management books First, Break All the Rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
Something’s Gotta Give.
Published on 2011-05-16 10:00:00
Wow it has been a jam-packed couple of months. I have learned that when my schedule is overloaded and something has to go, for me, it was the blog. I am about to explain- not whine- about what took my time. Along with serving as a full-time i
More Good News About Being 40
Published on 2011-03-29 18:09:28
I follow Penelope Trunk’s blog for a couple of reasons: First, she is funny. Second, she sometimes offers useful career information. That didn’t really sound quite right – I cannot emphasize enough how funny she is to read. I ran across
My First Guest Blogger Gig
Published on 2011-03-11 12:53:25
A highlight in a new blogger’s career comes when she is asked to guest blog. For me, that momentous occasion happened this week. As you can tell, I am super excited about having been asked to guest blog for the San Antonio Area Foundation.
Good Technology Reading
Published on 2011-03-02 18:29:06
I subscribe to Idealware and I got an excellent email from them that was full of useful links. So I am copying it here for you with the understanding that all credit for this goes to Idealware. Best of the Web: February 2011 The Idealware B
tsk-tsk….
Published on 2011-02-24 12:35:51
Check out this interesting article from the Texas Asssociation of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO) website about the CEO of an El Paso charity, and one of his board members, who were recently sentenced to serve prison time – and pay millions in
Do You Have Emerging Leaders?
Published on 2011-02-09 14:56:04
In January, I wrote a post and told you what I was going to try to do more of this year. One of the more frequent activities of mine is going to be blogging. If you look, you will see that I only posted four times in January. Now, one could say
Free Webinars
Published on 2011-01-21 14:25:01
Following up on the learning theme from my last blog post, the Wild Apricot blog has listed 31 free webinars for the month of February. WOW! I am definitely going to take advantage of some of these. There are free seminars about social media, mar
Never Stop Learning
Published on 2011-01-18 14:52:23
This morning I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a seminar about evaluation, compensation and leadership development for nonprofit executives. The audience was composed of board members of various nonprofits. You can take a look at the pre
Crowdrise – The Next Big Thing?
Published on 2011-01-14 10:17:20
Is Crowdrise the next big thing in Philanthropy? Ed Norton thinks so. I am a big fan of Ed’s. I not only love his movies, but I also love that he “gets it” when it comes to activism and philanthropy. It officially launched in May of 201
New Year, Now What?
Published on 2011-01-06 11:01:39
Happy New Year! I am the kind of person who likes to take time in January to reflect on the past year and contemplate opportunities for the new year. 2010 was the year I more fully embraced social media. I decided I would blog. First, I lear
Foundation $ Looking Better.
Published on 2010-12-21 10:03:10
You may have already seen the report from The Foundation Center, Moving Beyond the Economic Crisis. I am a little behind in my reading, because I was devoted to studying for my final. I got an A in the course, thanks for asking. So what could b
Board Members, Know Your Role
Published on 2010-12-13 14:16:46
Too often there are complaints from Chief Executives of Nonprofit Organizations that some of their board members get overly involved in matters that do not fall within the scope of their role. The Board of Directors should delegate authority to the
How is Philanthropy a Bad Thing?
Published on 2010-12-10 10:57:10
The Giving Pledge was in the news again this week. 17 more super wealthy people committed to giving away half of their wealth to charity. Sounds great to me, but it seems some want to complain about it. According to the Chronicle of Philanthrop
Do You Know Jumo?
Published on 2010-12-06 14:57:17
The latest talk in nonprofit technology is Jumo. What is Jumo? Here is a snippet from their website: Based on what I have read about Jumo and after setting up my own account, I must say, I am not impressed. I really don’t see the funct
Brilliant!
Published on 2010-11-30 13:45:40
As usual, I spent part of my morning reading the wires to see what I should suggest my nonprofit friends read. Wow, if you have not yet read Dan Pallotta’s blog post in the Harvard Business Review “Our Ineffectiveness at Measuring Effectiveness
Time for Turkey!
Published on 2010-11-23 09:51:52
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers. We are preparing a feast for 23 family members. We feel fortunate to have the opportunity to share so many blessings. But 23 people is A LOT and I have still have many projects to complete – like
Do You Trust Me?
Published on 2010-11-19 14:34:35
I do not have classes next week, and I am ready for the break. I must admit, although three evenings a week is draining, the content of my coursework is exciting. Wait, that is not entirely true. The Ethics course I am taking right now could not
One Post, Two Posts, Three Posts
Published on 2010-11-17 14:58:39
Chris Brogan is a social media marketing guy who is held in very high regard by many in the blogging arena. Yesterday he posted suggestions about how you can write three blog posts a day. I definitely buy into the notion that if you want your blo
That is a lot of Money!
Published on 2010-11-15 15:40:45
Imagine this – we have raised so much money we don’t yet have a plan for what to do with it all. That is basically the situation for The Keep a Breast Foundation. According to an article I read on msnbc.com the success of selling bracelets (p
Should Bosses be Friends with Their Employees?
Published on 2010-11-12 14:10:55
I read an article in forbes.com by Chaniga Vorasarun, titled Are You Too Nice A Boss? Okay, it is a bad title, but it brought up some very interesting points about bosses who try to be overly friendly and how that gets in the way when employees ar