Image: Filomena Scalise / FreeDigitalPhotos.net There is a lot of buzz today about a report that was released by The Foundation Center discussing that foundation leaders are not regularly using Social Media.  They examined a sample of foundation leaders use of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, or reading blogs. Personally, I was mostly interested in how many of them are reading blogs. Of the 13 [...]

I found an interesting article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review on the topic of leadership.   Shout-out to my friend Scott for passing it on to me via the San Antonio Nonprofit Council. I recommend you read this article.  Here is the money quote that is going to make you WANT to read this article: [...]

Do you have a strategy, or did you just decide your NPO should have a facebook and twitter account?  Here is a potentially great webinar from Care2.  I have attended one of Care2’s webinars and it was very well done. Here is their information about this one.  It’s not enough to build a Facebook Fan [...]

Image: Francesco Marino / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Last week there was an article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy by By Clara Miller  titled Shattering the Myth About Diversified Revenue. This was a thought- provoking article and the associated comments were very interesting.  I think the point was far too generalized and dangerous.  I believe there are many [...]

  Last week I had the pleasure of conducting a workshop for nonprofit executives in my community.  The workshop focused on Executive Evaluations, Compensation and Development.  As a chief executive, you have to drive your board to help fulfill the mission of the organization.  You also have to drive the board to ensure that you [...]