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Dear Nonprofiteer, What happened to the agency we knew, yester-me, yester-you, yester-day?*
Dear Nonprofiteer: For the last year I have been hovering near the Board of a small startup nonprofit I respect. I started as a donor, and I think I was about to be invited into the boardroom. Now o… more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, What happened to the agency we knew, yester-me, yester-you, yester-day?*
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Nonprofiteer wrote 3 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer: For the last year I have been hovering near the Board of a small startup nonprofi … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, I've got a treasure-house of knowledge and no one appreciates it
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Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer: I was just reelected as Treasurer of our social-service nonprofit. You’d t … more →
The best thing we can do for nonprofits--and ourselves
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Nonprofiteer wrote 7 months ago: Have you seen Rick Cohen’s typically smart and on-target piece “The Worst Thing We Can D … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, How can I restructure to be the nonprofit I was supposed to be to begin with?
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Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, You’ve helped me in the past and your blog is invaluable. Thank you! Here … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, Study this!
Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer: On the Board of my nonprofit (“Kumbaya”), I am the only member who wo … more →
Where's the beef?: Danger, out-of-control volunteer!
Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: Hey, Nonprofiteer, here’s my beef: What can you do if your nonprofit has, for historical reaso … more →
On having brains as well as heart
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Nonprofiteer wrote 8 months ago: A few provocative notions from the new book by Cass Wheeler, longtime head of the American Heart Ass … more →
Unless we just prefer to think that every silver lining has a black cloud
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Nonprofiteer wrote 9 months ago: Did everyone see this New York Times piece about the current upsurge in volunteering? The anonymous … more →
Polio: once more, with feeling
Nonprofiteer wrote 9 months ago: For many years, Rotary International has been a leader in raising funds to eradicate polio around th … more →
Taking the lead
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Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Today the Nonprofiteer got an e-mail from a fellow Obama campaigner requesting that she volunteer to … more →
Nonprofits Exist to Serve Poor People, Not Create Them
Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: The notion that the best way to save the economy is give lots of people ill-paying jobs at nonprofit … more →
Obama 2.0: Barn-raising or rabble-rousing?
Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: A friend asked whether Organizing for America–the effort to transform the Obama campaign … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, How can we protect the Executive Director and mission from the Board?
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Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: Dear Nonprofiteer, I have a delicate question. I am on the board of a very small social services non … more →
More thoughts about communal volunteering
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Nonprofiteer wrote 10 months ago: It’s not just their loyalty to preexisting groups that should lead us to recruit volunteers by … more →
Why a new nonprofit might be a good idea after all
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Nonprofiteer wrote 11 months ago: The Nonprofiteer wasn’t all that psyched to participate in the Day-of-Service project schedule … more →
"It's not just the hog farm--we're all feeding each other, man!"*
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Nonprofiteer wrote 11 months ago: Interesting concept: First Slice describes itself as a “self-funding charity,” a subscri … more →
Coalescing
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Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: A friend suggests a simple but elegant solution to the challenge of making a difference in the compa … more →
Foundation Friday: Volunteerism a la The Taproot Foundation
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Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: In a white paper issued last month, the Taproot Foundation argued that a commitment to pro bono serv … more →
Dear Nonprofiteer, What do I do with a prima donna?
Nonprofiteer wrote 1 year ago: Dear Nonprofiteer: I just got a letter from a prospective volunteer, announcing her desire to … more →
