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Stephanie Strom’s take on Nonprofits
Remember last week when I was all “Save the Nonprofits!” Well, turns out I didn’t even know the whole story. We’re more screwed than I knew! Here’s more. Nonprofit Quarterly reports on the Michigan State Charitable deduction going away. Tony Martignetti just told me about Stephanie Strom, who is the reporter on Philanthropy for the [...]
Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante? Should the Pope Be Catholic?
Recently, a New York Times editor Arthur Brisbane wrote, “I’m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about.” Dear Mr. Brisbane, “I’m looking for reader input on whether you have lost your balls and where they [...]
Your Nonprofit is in Trouble. How? Read on.
Yesterday I wrote about inequality being the thing that holds nonprofits back. how we need better wages for every not for profit worker. And I just found out that The Atlantic agrees that inequality causes a host of issues, including bad education for our children, and that we should adopt the Finnish model of everyone [...]
This is not a pity party. You understand?
Wow, hello hate mail! Because of my posts about being a nonprofit wage slave, and being unable to make rent on a nonprofit “salary”, someone took issue with this. Actually, more than one person did, and I’m glad about it. I got a reader email saying, “I HATE YOUR PITY PARTY! IF YOU DON’T LIKE [...]
Do you want to sit on a nonprofit board?
If yes, then click on through to BoardNet. http://www.boardnetusa.org/public/home.asp If you need a little more WHY: Why would you want to sit on a nonprofit board? Because you believe in the mission. But also, it’s a good way to move on up in your nonprofit career. Have you ever known an executive director who previously [...]
A response to “Bad Nonprofit Consultants” from Inside Philanthropy
Todd Cohen, editor of the Philanthropy Journal, wrote a blog post on how bad nonprofit consultants can be. He writes: “Often exiles from nonprofits because they were ineffective, burned out or just wanted a bigger paycheck, bad consultants can drain nonprofits’ limited funding in return for simplistic advice masquerading as strategic thinking. Many who could [...]
Is your nonprofit career in danger?
It gets worse. You live on credit, because you can’t save on your tiny nonprofit salary. Your boss expects you to dress like you make $100,000 more than you actually do. You know that most nonprofit fundraisers will stay in a job from 12 to 18 months. Until they leave, voluntarily or otherwise. With at-will employment, if your boss asks you to work over the weekend,what are you going to say, No?
Which of these 12 Business Launching Lessons have you learned?
This is the blog post where I don’t just show you my successes, but I show you my failures. At least, I show you what I’ve LEARNED from my failures. What Were Some Big Lessons for me in the last two years? The Song Cycles of 2010-2011: How to fail at business by trying [...]
