I read an article in a colleague’s newsletter that got me thinking. This may be a little back to the basics, but it is what we do and it is easy in this day of off-the-shelf training programs to let the program, especially one involving technology, take over for us. June Melvin Mickens of Executive …
PART 1 Tomorrow is a big day for me. It marks the unveiling of a contest for transformational authors that I entered for my new book on July 31st. Three hundred plus aspiring published authors from all around the world entered their book proposal for the contest. To even enter this contest, I took a …
Seizing social media opportunities creates crisis management benefits We’ve said it before and we’ll say it many, many more times – it pays to be in touch with social media. Last November, a young Brit named Thomas Cook thought it would be funny to ask travel agency Thomas Cook UK to donate a weekend in …
There are about ten things your non-profit must do now in order to have a successful CFC campaign this fall – CFC campaigns run from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15 each year. I don’t have room to cover all ten in this post, but here are three of the most important, with the overarching theme …
Women on boards has been one of the most contentious topics of the last few years. In the UK, we had the Davies Report in February 2011 which set out a series of recommendations with the aim of increasing female representation to 25% on the boards of FTSE 100 companies by 2015. Although this was …
How successful brands can utilize design thinking to shape whatever transpires in world of commerce, brands and in public life
Good Tuesday afternoon to you! It’s been awhile since I’ve had the pleasure of writing for you all and I’m very glad to be be back at it. Today we are going to explore one of the most essential set of things to consider at the very beginning of a facilitated session – The 5 …
Have you ever hired someone who did not live up to expectations? I’m sure many of us have at one time. The purpose of the interview is to gather information to make an accurate selection decision. A successful interview will help you decide is there’s a match between the job seeker and the position. The …
Stressful situations are all too common in a workplace that’s facing budget cuts, staff layoffs, and department changes. It may become harder and harder to manage your stress and emotions under these circumstances, but it’s even more important for you to do so. Here are seven strategies to help you deal with frustrations, irritations, worry, …
This is an update/revision of a posting that appeared in October, 2010 In my 30+ years as a fundraising consultant, I’ve seen corporate fundraising done by staff and/or volunteers, with a consultant advising/teaching/guiding; and, I’ve seen a “consultant” doing the fundraising from the corporations on behalf of the NPO. In both cases, it always created …
