Post-High Holidays Road Map for Synagogues
For more than half a year, most synagogues have been physically closed, but working to keep their communities open and connected virtually in prayer, learning, programs and activities. Some...
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Should Day Schools Have Investment Prospectuses?
A generous day school donor called me a few months ago to talk about the numerous requests for donations he received from schools both in his home state and...
[ read more ]Is Your Organization “Millennial Friendly”?
This article originally appeared on eJP. A friend recently emailed me and asked if I had a list of suggestions for working with millennials that he could give the development...
[ read more ]5 Things Your Nonprofit Must Have Clarity On
Consultants overuse a lot of words. I have tried to ban “thinking outside-of-the-box” and “synergy” from my vernacular. The one word that I can’t use enough though is “clarity.” People...
[ 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 ]Board Chairs, Do You Want to Find Your Successor?
Today I am at a conference with 16 schools. I met this afternoon with the board chairs who are present to facilitate a break out session. While the discussion...
[ read more ]Synagogue Self-Assessment: Are you Positioned to Survive or Thrive?
Synagogues no longer can take for granted business as usual. To assess your synagogue’s real situation, start with an honest assessment using the questions below in partnership with your...
[ read more ]Six Synagogues – An Oversimplified Lay of the Land
I spend a lot of time in the synagogue space. A colleague asked me for a overview of what I am seeing the most. Here are 6 oversimplified, overgeneralized...
[ read more ]Five Questions to Determine Your Organizational Development Priorities
This article originally appeared on eJP. By Nanette R. Fridman and Laura Fish As the year comes to a close and our thoughts turn to 2017, it is...
[ read more ]Can Boards Choose the Present Over the Future?
I led a strategic planning process for an organization, and we started exploring options for their future given their limited current revenue, their aging and decreasing membership and their...
[ 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.
