When You Can’t Meet In Person
I believe that meetings, designed as virtual gatherings, can be very valuable. As valuable as in person? An unfair comparison if you ask me.
Why Board Term Limits Matter
A board without a leadership pipeline; that doesn’t recruit for leadership potential? That doesn’t have term limits? That board is a weak board.
Who Should Serve on Your Advisory Board?
A poorly constructed advisory board can cause more problems than it may have been created to solve. So how can you make an advisory board really count?
How to Make Your Board Meetings Suck Less
Far too often, a board meeting is missed opportunity to inform, enrich and engage members in order to ignite them to be the best ambassadors they can be.
Ignite Your Board Members’ Passion
Here’s a simple equation I use to equip board members with the enthusiasm and tools they need to become real ambassadors.
22 Signs Your Board Meetings Suck
How are your board meetings? Do your members leave feeling energized and ready to be the best ambassadors they can be for your organization?
Let’s Play the New Year’s Eve Game!
Let’s play The New Year’s Eve Game! It’s a very simple look back on the year. You need a way to capture a list of no more than 10 things.
Holiday Gifts for Nonprofit Readers
Want to give a great gift to a nonprofit staff or board member? Any of these terrific books would be perfect and very leader should read these.
How My Recent Vacation Changed Me
My recent vacation was life changing. But it also taught me an important lesson about gratitude that doesn’t require going halfway around the world.
The Dirtiest Word in Nonprofits
It was somewhere around day 60 of my tenure as the Executive Director of GLAAD when I figured out the dirtiest word in nonprofits. Want a hint?
What’s The Single Best Sign of a Healthy Nonprofit?
OK, you can only pick one. I’ll give you two hints. (1) It’s not the financial statement. (2) It’s not a rock star executive director. Thinking caps on?
The 3 Deep Desires of Nonprofit Leaders
There are 3 things I believe make the top of the list for most of us. And it’s not finding a billionaire to fund your organization in perpetuity.