
Executive Issues

Do you have a real or fantasy related bucket list? In truth, we can only control a small part of our destiny.
Peer-to-peer encouragement is key to boosting participation in workplace charity efforts among millennials, according to a new study. Nearly half of the young people surveyed for the 2015 Millennial Impact Report said they were likely to donate if a coworker asked them to, while only a fifth said they’d probably do so at the request…
Charity communications and fundraising departments have not always seen eye to eye. A 2011 survey of 115 professionals in both fields by CharityComms and Forster found that only 14 percent of respondents felt the two departments always worked towards shared goals. “We don’t talk to each other,” said one participant. “The communications team doesn’t know…
Walmart's eighth annual Global Responsibility report came out not long ago, and it suggests that the company is feeling pretty proud of itself. It boosted its minimum wage for associates to $9 an hour in April of this year and will boost it again to $10 in February 2016. That will cost them $1 billion,…
When you face reality, you have a very difficult job. As a nonprofit pro, you must carry a large bag of tricks in your daily sack.
A high-ranking employee of mental health care provider Sheppard Pratt Health System and her husband have been charged with bilking the nonprofit out of $2.5 million. In an indictment unsealed Thursday, federal prosecutors in Maryland said that Lyneth Nyabiosi and Willie Evans III overcharged the Maryland-based health-care company for services provided by a company that…
Recently I visited my son at his university. We went out to breakfast on that fine Saturday morning to a local restaurant.
You build your organization by reaching out to individuals who share your passion and asking them to join you. You ask them to share their resources—their time, talent and treasure. It’s that simple. Don’t waffle. Whenever someone offers one or two of the three, say, “Thank you, but I need all three resources from everyone that joins our leadership team.” Don’t make the mistake of thinking you can get time from Mary, talent from John and money from Julio. With leadership it just doesn’t work that way.
You might have just read this headline and said to yourself, “I can tell this is going to be really boring stuff…
Terry Fulmer, an expert in geriatrics, was appointed president of the John A. Hartford Foundation. She will take over from Corinne Rieder, who has retired after leading the foundation for 18 years. Fulmer, a nurse, is best known for her research on the abuse and neglect of the elderly. She was most recently dean of…