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Defining the Problem
My friend Ruth is a prodigious seminar taker. A few years ago she took one that taught how to solve a problem by first defining the problem. I think that is a seminar most nonprofits should take. To me...
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Boards, Management and It All
Over the years, I’ve had my fair share of employees who, for one reason or another, just didn’t work out. Once I actually left a job because two of my staff—one inherited and one who I inexplicably...
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Business? As usual….
As we start on a new year, still smarting from scary economics and shaky financial futures, the old argument about why so many nonprofits are so poorly run is getting a lot of play. “We need to be run...
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Boards, Governance and What’s At Stake
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been learning more than I think I want to know about the financial meltdown. ProPublica , NPR’s Planet Money and This American Life, and PBS’s Bill Moyers have been...
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Who Evaluates the Board?
After reading my blog, Hassan emailed to ask “Who evaluates the Board?” He went on to talk about Boards in his country—making me realize (again) how very small and similar the world truly is. “In...
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Missons that Matter
Businesses are in the business of making money. Everything else they do is in service of that purpose. Nonprofits, on the other hand, are in the business of their stated mission. Everything else they...
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