“This will be the most unorthodox development committee meeting you have ever attended” promised Tom, the committee chair. Admittedly, I was skeptical, yet the energy in the room was palpable as more and more committee members stuffed themselves into the tiny, clown-car-like space, where we were meeting. While the need for the organization’s services had […]

On May 23, we held a Free webinar on nonprofit strategic planning entitled The Public Milestone Strategy. Please click on the image or go here to view a recording and download the slides from this event. Please note, we ask folks to sign in. We will not send you anything via email, unless you opt […]

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This article originally appeared in the Nonprofit Quarterly in 2005.  “We will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.”This declaration by President Kennedy is considered one of the most effective national promises ever made. Not because we were fascinated by the moon, or space, or even science, but because it […]

Without telling anyone I decided to take the summer off from the blog. Unfortunately, I took the summer off from being a board member too. I didn’t tell anyone about this either. It was not my intention to stop being a decent board member, it just happened. I got wrapped up in my consulting work, […]