Synagogue Engagement Strategies: Lessons Learned from Operation " Protective Edge"
This article originally appeared in ejewishphilanthropy.com. You can view the original at http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/synagogue-engagement-strategies-lessons-learned-from-operation-protective-edge/. The recent round of fighting in Gaza was accompanied domestically and internationally by public rallies and...
[ read more ]Bringing Innovation into Mature Organizations
This article originally appeared in ejewishphilanthropy.com. You can view the original at http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/bringing-innovation-into-mature-organizations/ By Laura Fish and Nanette Fridman Across North America well-established Jewish organizations are working hard to...
[ read more ]Are You My Successor?
This article originally appeared in ejewishphilanthropy.com. You can view the original at http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/are-you-my-successor/ When my children were young, we used to read Dr. Seuss’ book, Are You My Mother? I...
[ read more ]Your Jewish Organization Needs to Think Like a B-Org
This article originally appeared on eJewishPhilanthropy.com. You can see the original at http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/your-jewish-organization-needs-to-think-like-a-b-org/ Please indulge the lawyer in me while we talk a little corporate law. Over the last...
[ read more ]7 Questions that Every Synagogue Should Be Asking
This article originally appeared March 11, 2014 on www.ejewishphilanthropy.com. You can view the original at ejewishphilanthropy.com/7-questions-that-every-synagogue-should-be-asking/ Sadly, too few board chairs, rabbis and executive directors of synagogues are focused...
[ read more ]Call It Like It Is
When a prospective client for strategic planning wants to start immediately, I am suspect As the conversation proceeds, I often learn that the decision to now engage in planning...
[ read more ]Boards: You Don't Have to Fundraise
Before starting a fundraising training session that I was leading the other day, a board member lamented how they hated asking people for money. Another said that she wished...
[ read more ]Top 10 Things to DO to Make the Most of Year End Fundraising and Marketing
Top 10 Things to Make the Most of Year End Fundraising and Marketing 1. Thank and send Season’s Greeting to your staff, board, end-users, community, prospects, donors (see also...
[ read more ]Recharge without a Sabbatical
This morning I read an article by Beth Sirull about nonprofit sabbaticals as a way to combat burnout, “Sabbaticals for Nonprofit Leaders Benefit the Executive, the Organization and the...
[ read more ]Why Your Organization Should be in Back to School Mode
The air is changing, and it is becoming dark earlier here in the Northeast. The stores have been in back-to-school mode for months. Yesterday I noticed that the Halloween...
[ read more ]Too often people are asked to lead a board without a guidebook or a mentor. Holding the Gavel lays out the job, what is expected and how to best contribute.
