When will we stop the ridiculous demand that boards get past their “hang-ups” and just get out there and ask people for money? This morning’s Google Alert linked me to yet another article excerpted from yet another book on how to get boards to “Break Through Fundraising Anxiety” – this one from BoardSource, but it… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Monday Morning Rock Out!
For going on two weeks, I have been in an argument I did not want to be in. It was an argument I successfully avoided last year, and thought was behind me. It resurfaced a few weeks ago, thanks to kind friends who thought I’d been “done wrong.” But the result is that I seem… Continue Reading
The Freedom to Be Mischievous
“To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him.” Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki Do you ever have those times where the same message keeps coming back to you in a million different forms, until finally you decide it is time to pay attention? Over the past few months,… Continue Reading