So I worked in an after school setting for 20 years. One day this kid was having a very bad day. He basically had a meltdown that required several hands on deck…
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I worked for a non profit that shared its meeting room with outside groups. It was a great way to create more exposure, but also share some good will to other groups that know the pain of finding low cost event spaces. However, there was an added benefit for us on-site staffers: free food
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I recently left an organization that had a very active board of trustees. They were heavily involved in nearly all organization decision making, which made sense 20 years ago when it was all volunteer run, but was quite challenging when we had 12 full time staff…
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One of the most important aspects of my job is being able to communicate well, connect with people, and well, at the end of the day be able to talk. While I have always considered myself a chatty Kathy, this experience confirmed it.
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I work as a consultant for nonprofits, and one of my clients recently shared this story which I wanted to share with anyone struggling at their own nonprofit during the EOY craziness.
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I once worked for an animal welfare nonprofit that took their mission a little too far. Like “all life is precious, so we don’t believe in pest control” kind of far.
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This nonprofit I used to work for was very concerned that staff knew internally that the mission was “food education”…
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A few years ago, I was special events dIrector for an organization that had a peer-to-peer bowling event. Each year the event had a different theme and this particular year was dinosaurs…
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