Monthly Archives: June 2012

Do You Need to Be an Independent Organization?

The Nonprofit Quarterly reported this week on Giving USA’s recent report on the state of charitable giving. In a nutshell, many organizations can expect it to take at least a decade to recover to previous levels of giving.  Of course … Continue reading

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Is Your Board Meeting Location a Distraction?

One of the common problems of smaller organizations is where to have their board meetings. Whether it’s an advisory board or nonprofit board meeting the location is important. I attended an advisory board meeting last night. It was in a … Continue reading

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How to Broaden Your Perspective through Your Advisory Board

I spoke at the Bentley University Success Network the other night. The topic was Developing a Personal Advisory Board based on my recent e-book.  Several people raised the issue about what an advisory board could do when faced with an … Continue reading

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