Begin by Defining the Goal

While I bristle whenever I hear people say you have to talk in soundbites if you want people to listen, or we have to repeat things seven times before it sinks in to people’s brains, sometimes it is just nice to read a short story rather than a tome.  I was reminded of this as I plowed through the original, academic research about one of the tidbits I share below.  As both an academic and the daughter of two journalists, who taught me to write Read more

So, be honest

Read the news on nonprofits from around the country and you’d know our sector is struggling.  But I fear that a good portion is our own doing, which makes the part which we don’t control even more threatening and scary.

Headlines of employees embezzling signals lax financial oversight by the executive director and the board.  Stories of nonprofits struggling to make payroll and keep their doors open forewarns a variety of behaviors, from poor management to failure to balance mission fulfillment and the bottom line, to Read more