Organizational Excellence – Tom Peters

A couple terrific presentations from Tom Peters the author of “In Search of Excellence”. 
A few minutes to thumbnail your non-profit organization against, arguable, one of the brightest business minds.

The Forecast for Today’s Non-Profit

Most of what follows has been gleaned from the Alliance for Children and Families.  Granted some of the data reaches back…but the message and the trend are relevant.
As businesses attempt to rebuild, restructure and measure every investment through, arguably, one of the worst economic periods, it’s time to measure what your organization is doing to proactively [...]

Non-Profit Boards – Who Does What?

A few months back, I was asked to speak at a Crime Stoppers USA conference and Jean Block was on the same docket; I was lucky enough to sit in on Jean’s presentation.  If you’re familiar with Seth Godin, Peter Drucker and the like…you’ll find some of Jean’s messages very familiar.  The difference…is that the [...]

Seth Godin on Non-Profits

Follow the link to an interview with Seth Godin where he makes several rather poignant, and relevant, observations about the state of the non-profits.  It’s about 40 minutes long…grab a coffee…and some note paper.
The interview can be found here: Seth Godin on Non-Profits
Seth talks about changing the game –turning the traditional, boring “fundraising funnel” around [...]

Web Trends for 2010

The following article is from CNN.  As a group that works with non-profits, we take a hard look at where we are now…before attaching ourselves to a growing trend.  If, for example, we have a group that has recently launched its first web site and we’re working on reaching out with Twitter and Facebook….there will be some time [...]