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LEADERSHIP IS EVERYTHING

Posted by Bruce Berglund

In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Bruce reflects on our axiom: “Leadership is Everything.” To read other axiom blogs, click here.

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Topics: Leadership, Axiom

A BUG’S EYE VIEW

Posted by Michele Goodrich

Last week I had the opportunity to work with the leaders of a resident camp in the midst of their summer camping season.

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Topics: Leadership, Volunteer Leadership, Case For Support, Inspiration, Camp

WHY TRUMPS WHAT

Posted by Sara Luke

In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Sara Luke reflects on our axiom: “Why Trumps What.”

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Topics: DBD Axiom

RE-READING THE LESSONS

Posted by Danny Maier

A good friend recently returned a book I lent her a while back. How many books are sitting in your bookcase that you read so long ago their lesson has faded from your memory?

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Topics: Fundraising, Communication

WHAT HASN’T CHANGED

Posted by Lora Dow

For more than ten years, I’ve been talking to non-profits about social media. Best I can tell, the two things you really need to know are:

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Topics: Social Media

DON’T SETTLE

Posted by Thom Peters

In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Thom Peters reflects on our axiom: “Don’t settle.”

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Topics: Leadership, Capital Campaign, Annual Campaign, Campaign Leadership, Leadership Cabinet

REINVIGORATING VOLUNTEER TEAMS

Posted by Jan Brogdon

In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Jan Brogdon reflects on our axiom: Boards Don’t Heal Themselves.

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Topics: Volunteer Leadership, Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management, Volunteer Recruitment

WHAT NOT TO STOP

Posted by Peggy Vinson

Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with nonprofits in crisis. These are challenging times when the powerful mission of an organization runs into the financial realities of delivering that mission.

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Topics: Annual Campaign, Nonprofit Leadership, Debt Reduction

THE 30-MINUTE MEETING

Posted by Danny Maier

A number of months ago I received many comments on a blog I wrote about Patrick Lencioni’s Death By Meeting. That first blog focused on how so many meetings are ineffective, time-sucking exercises. Of course, Lencioni offers several effective solutions so I thought a “Part II” would be appropriate; this time, specifically addressing meeting length.

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Topics: Death By Meeting, Pat Lencioni, Productivity

OWN IT

Posted by Sara Luke

“The dog ate my homework.”

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Topics: Leadership, Vision, Transparency

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