7 Suggestions for Synagogues at the “Apple Reveal” of the Jewish Calendar
My 14 year old like much of the world was aware of the Apple iPhone 8 reveal date and hurried home from school to watch it on YouTube. Apple...
[ read more ]Finding Our Ball in the Pool
Having just returned from the vacation, I was struck by how effortlessly my kids always seem to strike up a game of catch in the pool with any and...
[ read more ]The Cost of Bad Board Members
Today I got a note about my new book, On Board: What Current and Aspiring Board Members Must Know About Nonprofits & Board Service from “Fred,” a long-time communal...
[ read more ]Play with Your Philanthropy
My husband proudly shared with our family over dinner the other night that his team for the food collection drive at the office had executed a secret strategy he...
[ 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 ]Why Your Organization Should Be in Back to School Mode
This article originally appeared on http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/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....
[ read more ]Why Making Other People Feel Good Should Be Part of Your Job
In his blog today, The Only Thing That Really Matters, Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of Be Excellent at Anything, highlights a...
[ read more ]Transformation Isn’t For the Faint of Heart
This article originally appeared on eJewishPhilanthropy.com on January 19, 2011 and can be viewed at http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/transformation-isn%E2%80%99t-for-the-faint-of-heart/ The combining forces of the great recession, the proliferation of nonprofit organizations over...
[ read more ]Jewish Social Entrepreneurship
Tonight is the CJP/PresenTense Boston Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship launch. (You can watch it live at http://presentense.org/live). An email I received today about tonight’s launch party at City Year said,...
[ read more ]Communication During Change
Communities are groups of people and as such are emotional beings like the people who comprise them. When organizational leaders are seeking to make significant changes, they need to...
[ 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.
