Best of the Blog:
 Stop Signs on the Road to
Changing the World |
If this is the sector that was
supposed to change the world, how come the world has not changed? In the
series, Stop Signs on the Road to Changing the World, Hildy explores what is
really holding back our work. Warning - those stop signs are probably not what
you think! Check out these two:
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The 2nd Edition of Board
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Step-by-Step, Common Sense Guide. This edition has a CD with pdf’s of all the forms, for your ease
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How You Can Afford to
Make Your Organization’s Efforts Strong in Every
Way |
How can you afford what it would cost
to ensure all your organization’s efforts are healthy - fully capable of
creating significant improvement in your community? Is that cost really outside
your reach?
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Community-Driven Brain Teaser:
Are You Ending or
Beginning? |
As you start aiming your work at
creating the future of your community, new ways of seeing often catch you by
surprise! So here is this month’s Brain Teaser:
Is
your organization aiming at ending something bad, or at creating something
incredible?
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more
Board Effectiveness Quiz:
Is Your Board Creating
Your Community’s Future? |
How effective is your board? Find out
with our Board Effectiveness Quiz! This is an oldie, but a goodie.
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Library Changes:
Governance vs. Board
Mechanics |
We think it's about time for boards
(and board experts) to distinguish between the heart and soul of
“governance” - leading our efforts through planning and
decision-making - and the mechanics of boards, the day-to-day management of
things like board/staff relations, micromanagement, recruitment, and
etc.
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more
Summer Reading:
Our Staff Shares Their
Favorites! |
Summer isn’t just for sequels of
sequels in the movie theater. Summer’s long days mean more time for
reading! Here are our staff’s favorites - a great list
indeed!CLICK HERE
Cool Distractions
Rock
Out! |
Hildy is having way too much fun on
Monday mornings. At her Monday Morning Rock Out, you will find a group of 80
and 90 year olds rocking out to the Who, a muppet with a tune you will not be
able to ditch, an incredible juggler with a sense of rhythm (and great taste in
Beatles albums), a world traveler and horrible dancer, and an ode to the music
of the past century. Oh, and how could I forget a flying Christopher Walken! If
you are missing all this on Mondays, then join the Rock Out!!
See them
here
(If you want to see the Rock Outs in
the order they were posted, start at the bottom of the page and work your way
up. Enjoy!)
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