Nonprofits

And I Thought I was a Friend and Colleague…

October 7, 2010

Don’t you hate it when this happens? With social media and all, I connect with somebody, seems like a smart person, we have some email and even telephone interactions, and then, dammit, I end up as a prospect. Sad. Quite a demotion. From friend and colleague to prospect. You do know what I mean, right? [...]

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Nonprofits with Legs and Teeth

February 26, 2008

Maybe it’s about baby boomers not retiring, and maybe it’s about ex-hippies in positions to do something they’ve always wanted, or maybe it is just about the world getting more crowded. Could there be a long tail of entrepreneurship, opportunities…

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All About Leadership

January 22, 2008

I was at an interesting event Saturday. The Annual Nonprofit Organization Board Training organized by Financial Stewardship Resources. More than 500 people, almost all of them volunteers, almost all of them running nonprofits, gathering together on a cold and gray…

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Essential Business Planning for Nonprofits

January 18, 2008

I believe that nonprofits and social enterprises need good business planning as much or more than the rest of us. The old mentality that left the nonprofits in their own world, unconcerned with business-like things like planning and performance, are…

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Entrepreneurial Advice: Lighten Up

November 12, 2007

Successful entrepreneurs are like everybody else. They don’t know what to do with their lives. They aren’t sure how to balance meaning and money when it comes to work. And they have trouble managing their time. That’s by Sarah Ruby,…

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