Throughout my career, I’ve worked and volunteered for several national organizations across the country. Generally, they work the same way with some obstacles to overcome to achieve their goals. Strategies, revenue streams, timelines, building boards, and more. All of these organizations have things in common. They have great missions, visions for the future, goals. But […]

At one of my previous organizations, I was sitting in a meeting with top leadership, and a question was asked. Do you have to have a personal connection to the mission to be successful in this position? As it was an open question technically up for deliberation, I thought about it for a minute. As […]

For many of us, the reason we chose to work in the nonprofit industry is to create meaningful change in the world. We’re proud that we are raising money for our causes, and helping those affected by the mission. We believe we are creating meaningful change by raising a ton of money. But we haven’t […]