Common Good Vermont’s own Lauren-Glenn Davitian received NTEN’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 NTC Conference in Minneapolis last week. “The NTEN community is filled with amazing individuals who change the world every day. Each year, we honor an individual who has been instrumental in shaping the field of nonprofit technology, and paved the way [...]
What leadership is and how we lead is at the core of our survival as a species. – Cecile Green, Round Sky Solutions A group of 25 educators, nonprofit leaders, funders and consultants gathered on March 29, 2013 at Champlain College’s Miller Center to discuss the opportunities for leadership development in Vermont. Our working objective [...]
This year’s Vermont Nonprofit Conference was attended by 265 nonprofit leaders from 191 organizations on March 21st 2013 at Lake Morey Inn in Fairlee Vermont. Thanks to our generous presenters, we’ll be posting their materials and video here. If you don’t find the link here, it is coming soon! Review and share widely. Agenda for [...]
Shared on TEDTalks. Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” In 2009, Simon Sinek released the book “Start With Why” — a synopsis of the theory he has begun using to teach others how to become effective leaders and inspire change. [...]
Here are some valuable resources that relate to topics discussed at the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2013 on March 21 at Fairlee Vermont. Agenda for the Day | Meet the Presenters | Meet the Attendees | Reading List | Conference Materials (more to come!) | Underwriters | Full Report | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Leap of Reason: Managing [...]
Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let’s change the way we think about changing the world.
“What Do You Talk About at Your Board Meetings?” by Simone Joyaux, The Nonprofit Quarterly, January 4, 2013. This article offers great suggestions for how to keep your board meetings focused on governance, rather than management. (Thanks to Marty Jacobs for pointing this out!) What do you talk about at your board meetings? Wait. Don’t [...]
Published by Kate Barr in The Nonprofit Quarterly in 2009, this piece remains timely. Marty Jacobs notes: “While this article was written at the height of the Great Recession, it is applicable any time a nonprofit is facing a tough financial situation. The author encourages nonprofits not to ignore the signs of a deepening financial problem, [...]
This just in from Craigslist: The Vermont Youth Orchestra Association (VYOA), an Equal Opportunity Employer, seeks to hire a Director of Development. RESPONSIBILITIES: Working closely with the Executive Director and the Development Committee, as well as other members of the VYOA staff and Board, the Development Director will provide crucial strategic and administrative capacity for [...]
This position comes from Idealist.org: Green Mountain Performing Arts, Inc. (“GMPA”), located in Waterbury, Vermont, seeks a new executive director to lead the organization through its next phase of growth. GMPA’s mission is to enhance community cultural vitality by providing fully accessible dance, theatre, and music education in a creative and supportive environment to people [...]
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