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Just as Baskin Robins touts 31 flavors of ice cream, the IRS has it one better when it comes to nonprofits… There are five different types of nonprofits. Those five different types of nonprofits include: 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofits, 501(c)(2) title-holding trust corporations, 501(c)(4) community welfare organizations, 501(c)(19) veterans organizations and 501(c)(6) civic league organizations. (Think […]
By mid-month every January most of us have already failed in maintaining our new years resolutions. However, it’s never-too late to become more productive, accomplished, and fulfilled, starting today. Read this insightful and inspirational Inc. article full of actionable models for all of to figure out how deciding what NOT to do can make all […]
The Remote Workplace – in some way, shape, or form – is here to stay. This outstanding Harvard Business Review article by Raghu Krishnamoorthy, the Senior Fellow and Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s acclaimed Chief Learning Officer doctoral program, offers the proposition that “Micromanagement is an employee obstacle; micro-understanding is an employee resource.” […]
Organizations of all sizes have risks. Choosing to retain, transfer or mitigate risk is a daily cost-of doing business, and a deeper discussion for another time. Today’s focus is for corporations (be you a for profit, or not-of-profit), organized with a board and bylaws (or constitution, or both!) Follow these eight-tips for smoother sailing whatever […]
While Soccer, (Futbol), is indeed the “Beautiful Game“, we can compare good associations or organizations’ board of directors’ meetings to athletic contests that are well-officiated. Imagine you’re putting on the Zebra stripes, donning a whistle, and viewing this topic with me through the lens of a referee. Both require preparation, experience … and leadership. […]
Faith based Camps & Retreats, (for whom I’ve provided over 30 years worth of enterprise Founders and non-profit Executive Directorship with, and now consult for from coast-to-coast), is firmerly rooted on the conviction that time spent away from familiar surroundings, deeply engaged with the created order, and under the tutelage of fellow faith-seekers, provides youth […]
Timeless Tips – The Correct Way to Email It’s still the best way to communicate professionally, but only if you follow these tips Thanks to author Sarah Begley for these never-out-of-style email etiquette tips. 1. Quickly get in and quickly get out Whether to use “Dear” or “Hi” or “Hey there!” depends on your […]
Listening to a recent Marketplace podcast – marking the one-year impacts of COVID-19 on America’s business economy – we couldn’t help but be drawn into the “unfortunate timing” endured by Denver, CO beauty shop owner Ashlie Ordonez. (listen to the podcast) Having a business plan, signing a location lease, rolling out the Grand Opening […]
If you’ve been in virtual meetings or trainings during the past 12-months, you know the benefits and pitfalls of using a video conferencing platform as part, (a BIG part), of your communications tool-kit. The availability and quality of the top platforms have made quantum leaps over the years. Once mastered, however, the video conferencing […]
Remember those 45-page annual reports with pages and pages of text, financial tables, and donor lists? Right, nobody reads those things anymore. Plenty of organizations of every size still produce those kinds of ponderous, year-in-review documents, but that doesn’t mean they’re getting read very much. To make an annual report that people actually want to […]