People ask me  why  I do what I do. For me its quite simple- I believe that the nonprofit sector is still worth being in. Its a balancing act. Raising  money,supporting volunteers, providing quality programs, balancing budgets. It's hard, but impactful work. This will...

  Honor your commitments with integrity. Les Brown Over the past few weeks the media has highlighted stories of two young organizations with serious lack of financial controls. The first was the material girl. I wrote an earlier post about the hot stinking mess she...

Who do you allow to tell your story? Is the story they tell about you rich with meaning or one dimensional? Have you outgrown their vision of you? How are you taking care of your story and sharing it with the world? This week's video explores the telling of our...

  Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. Tony Robbins     National Volunteer Week 2011 will take place April 10 - 16, 2011. This is a week to acknowledge the great work and value that...

The Hello Bar is a simple web toolbar that engages users and communicates a call to action.   A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. Aldo Leopold   Madonna is dead....

The Hello Bar is a simple web toolbar that engages users and communicates a call to action. Today your nuggets of wisdom will come to you via audio!  I had the opportunity to interview Tara Sophia  Mohr. For those of you not familiar with her you are in for a treat! ...

Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people

When you partner with communities they kind of need you to listen to them and learn from them, to know them. Your partners expect that you will do what you promise and meet your moral and financial obligation. They actually need you to pay attention. If not to them but to the employees that you hire to represent you. You need systems and legal agreements more than ribbon cutting ceremonies.

The Hello Bar is a simple web toolbar that engages users and communicates a call to action. Building community is a gracious act. We have a place to reveal our wounds and develop. Building and investing in relationships that are right for us is key. Relationships are...