In November, I’ll be teaching Advanced Board Leadership, a course designed for experienced board members to sharpen their skills. The class is a joint effort of United Way of King County, UW Nancy Bell …
Category Archives: Nonprofit sector
Governance Conference & Upcoming Presentations
I’m grateful for the various opportunities I’ve had this month to teach and present my ideas, and be in dialogue with others regarding the challenges facing our sector.
Highlights from Friday’s Governance Conference in Tacoma:…
Modern Day Nonprofit Strategic Planning
I was invited by David Harrison to speak to a crowd of Evans School students last Saturday about “the modern day practice of strategic planning.” The invitation was a lovely: not a how-to lecture, but …
Thoughts on the Nonprofit Ecosystem Report
Philanthropy Northwest recently commissioned “An Assessment of Capacity Building in Washington State.” Completed by consultants at the Giving Practice and completed in December 2009, the report presents a “nonprofit ecosystem” framework for thinking about nonprofit …