Member Privacy and the Well Intentioned Coupon
This week I received a mailing from a for-profit business that was sent to the members of a nonprofit organization of which I am a member. The business is...
[ read more ]Making Volunteering Work
I have heard it theorized that there are fewer volunteers today because of the sharp increase in dual-income households. This doesn’t take into account the increase in numbers of...
[ read more ]Mission Check
Through my volunteer and professional work, I am often in planning, board, strategy, event, and every other kind of meeting that you can imagine. It happens to the best...
[ read more ]Response time
I am a firm believer that with few exceptions people should respond to all emails and phone calls within 48 hours. At the very least, take two seconds to...
[ read more ]Using the word "leader" appropriately
I recently re-read Warren Bennis’s book On Becoming a Leader. In this classic, Bennis lays out that basic ingredients that all true leaders seem to share. These traits or...
[ read more ]What I miss about DC
I went to an AIPAC event last night. (I was an AIPAC intern in 1992 in Washington, DC and have been involved with AIPAC ever since.) The event was...
[ read more ]Meeting Maven
When my son (now almost 7) started preschool, the kids were talking about their parents professions and my son told his class that my job was to go to...
[ read more ]Refreshing
I had three refreshing interactions yesterday. The first was with an acquaintance who I ran into as we were both walking into the same building. I routinely asked how...
[ read more ]New venture
Welcome! As many of you reading this know, I frequently email my friends, family, clients and colleagues thoughts, tidbits, articles or links (without, or more often, with commentary). In...
[ 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.
