Hi everyone. My plane is boarding for Aotearoa, so apologies for any errors or clumsy wording in this post. When I was in high school, I took AP Psychology. A few weeks into the class, my teacher, Mr. Henderson, approached me to ask how I was doing in class. I said I didn’t think I...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone. I’m back after taking the month of July off from writing! During these past four weeks I took the kids on trips, attended a wedding (outdoor) for the first time in years, read some books in a hammock, removed the (probably sentient by now) leftovers from my fridge, and watched “The Bear” and...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone, just a quick warning that this post will likely burn a few bridges. But as colleague Aubrey Alvarez quoted from a novelty flask, “May the bridges we burn light the way.” Today I had breakfast with my friend Seth Ehrlich, an executive director who told me that for the third time during the...| Nonprofit AF
Over the weekend, I am sure you are aware, another Black person was killed by the police. Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta. He was asleep when the police woke him up and murdered him, like the police murdered Breonna Taylor while she was asleep in her own home. The list of names of Black people being...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone, if you’ve been having issues getting email notices of new blog posts, my apologies. I’m still tweaking the system and possibly might need to switch to another platform, because this has been irritating. Just be assured that unless something out of the ordinary happens (like I won the lottery), there will be a...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone, I just got back from a whirlwind summer in Japan and Vietnam, where I—and I didn’t think this would happen again for me—fell in love. With not having to work. Long walks on the beach—without answering emails. Deep conversations late into the night—but not about cashflow issues and revenues projections. It was magical;...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone, apologies for the likely brusque tone of this week’s post. Like many of you, I am shaken by...| Nonprofit AF
There is often the complaint that we have too many nonprofits in our sector. I don’t necessarily agree, and in...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone. Thank you for all your support when I announced the publication date of my new book last week....| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone. I hope you are doing OK amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. It’s scary. Take care of yourself while socially...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone. Before we get started on today’s topic, happy Pride! To all my colleagues who are lesbian, gay, (fellow)...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone, before we get started, our friends at the National Council of Nonprofits are sounding the alarm about the...| Nonprofit AF
There’s been various articles written on the phenomenon of Imposter Syndrome, such as this one by Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey called “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome” and this one by our colleague Esther Saehyun Lee, titled “You’re not feeling imposter syndrome, you are an imposter: Identity and belonging in nonprofit work.” I’m glad to...| Nonprofit AF
Two weeks ago, I met with a colleague who was invited to a convening of funders in Seattle. He reported...| Nonprofit AF
Hi everyone, this post will be disorganized and will possibly piss off some people. The kids didn’t have school today,...| Nonprofit AF
Next week, because the universe has a perverse sense of humor, we have MLK Jr. Day on the same day...| Nonprofit AF
A while ago, I wrote about how intermediary organizations are like mycelium, which is the rootlike structure of mushrooms. Like...| Nonprofit AF
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