I am doing some work helping a local nonprofit organization transform their culture. One of the development tools I am using with them is based on one of my favorite management books First, Break All the Rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. I so appreciate that the messages they deliver are not just based [...]
In January, I wrote a post and told you what I was going to try to do more of this year. One of the more frequent activities of mine is going to be blogging. If you look, you will see that I only posted four times in January. Now, one could say that blogging four [...]
This morning I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a seminar about evaluation, compensation and leadership development for nonprofit executives. The audience was composed of board members of various nonprofits. You can take a look at the presentation slide deck on the Transition Management Solutions website. I thought the most interesting part of the discussion centered on the assessment [...]
Last Friday I had the pleasure of participating in my first “unconference.” An unconference has an open space format. Unlike a formal conference that has a preset agenda, the unconference is planned by participants, usually at the beginning of the day. There is typically a general theme, and then participants plan- and are expected to- [...]
This just might be the best thing I have run across this week. True, it is only Tuesday. Wild Apricot lists 42 FREE nonprofit webinars in the month of August. I bet there is at least one you or your staff would benefit from. I certainly will be taking advantage.
