. Last week, I officially set myself on a path of discovery I have wanted to explore for quite some time. I began with these questions: *** What if the arts are not superfluous? What if the arts are not only “not superfluous” – what if art is essential to our very being? What if… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2008
“Community Organizer” Defined
To the millions of people who work and volunteer in the Community Benefit Sector, who have felt your life’s work disparaged as you watch the political news these past few days, I offer the following definition of “Community Organizing.” Community Organizing is work done to fix the messes made by those who run our nation’s… Continue Reading
Nonprofit Board 101 – Accountability
“My board shows all the signs of NOT being ready to recruit. So what do we do?” That question came from a reader of my Board Recruitment & Orientation workbook. She was responding to a chapter that lists indicators for whether or not a board is ready to recruit. (There is a similar article at… Continue Reading