8 Things I’d Like You to Know

There seems to be a growing tendency for teaser titles to articles, presentations, webinars, with some variation of this theme:  The Top 10 Things….  The number doesn’t matter; it’s what follows.  The Top 10 Things you Need to Know about Starting a Nonprofit,” “…About Being a Board Member,” “…Every Manager Should Know About Hiring,” or “…You Need to Build a Strong Program.”  It seems that our attention span has dwindled even shorter (that’s what comes from communicating in 140 characters or less) and we must Read more

Respect. Reward. Resist.

More often than not, when people hear the path I have taken from college to graduate school to now, I get a fairly consistent response that suggests that they don’t see how I got to where I am today, that they don’t see my path as particularly linear.  But I guess that depends upon how you look at it.

When I look at it, it seems very linear: I have spent my life–not just my career–in different arena within the nonprofit sector, focusing always on gaining Read more