I was having lunch this past week with two intelligent and highly-educated women who also shared my passion for nonprofit strategy. They were working on building a series of workshops designed to […]
One of the key success factors of entrepreneurship is the ability to communicate. An entrepreneur needs to be able to communicate their business concept, their offering, and their value in quick and […]
Can you spell graduation without a computer? A college senior probably couldn’t. I remember what shocked me the most when I began teaching college students – their poor grammar and spelling skills. […]
This week, I headed down to our local business incubator to participate in their Morning Mentoring. It is kind of like a version of speed dating, but designed so that entrepreneurs can […]
I love my friends dearly. I adore many of the folks I have business relationships with. I truly care about what these individuals think, feel, and desire. I am one of those […]
Last night one of our student entrepreneurship teams met with a self selected group of mentors (myself included). This group’s mission is to help this student business prove their concept in order […]
Oh, the lovely joys of dealing with group disputes in class. I’m sure we’ve all experienced them in some form or another. Students line up at your door during office hours with […]
I was speaking with a close associate of mine the other day about board of directors. He is considered by many to be an expert in the area of philanthropy and he […]
Having sat on a number of boards for nonprofits, I encountered different types of board chairs. I’ve experienced chairs from one end of the spectrum to another. There are those board chairs who […]
I was in a meeting a few weeks ago with some colleagues that run a somewhat small nonprofit. They were quite excited because they had just purchased an email list of a few thousand high […]
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