Frank A.’s Post

For those who are responsible for planning the operations and strategic direction of their nonprofit’s board, I offer a few suggestions based on one of the boards that I serve on, Landscape Architecture Foundation. ☑️ Make at least 1 seat available to emerging leaders. Their perspective is invaluable. ☑️ Meetings in-person should be designed around spending time for breaking bread together and building relationships during which all other work is set aside for maximum and genuine attention towards each other as humans and the greater big picture mission of the organization. ☑️ Hosting online committee meetings has proven effective, because relationships are also built from f2f video interactions, as groups commit time to do actual work together with the best brains. ☑️ Spend less time on fancy presentations and presenting to each other, and more time providing valuable industry updates through conversational report outs and with data! ☑️ Focus on information mobility! Communication is a board’s key responsibility. Figure out how to mobilize the information that shows you’re paying attention to your audience’s needs and pain points. If you serve on a board or in an organization that has a board, feel free to offer additional tips from your experience 👇 More to come on this topic! #nonprofitleadership #associationmanagement #leadership #service #volunteering #makingadifference

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ICYMI: Sarah G. Welch: Page about Sarah G. Welch

Being a Rocky Balboa fan for more than 25 years now, this monologue (Rocky to his son) still remains my favorite: “Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life." Life has a unique way of humbling us and it is a matter of choice to stay down or get up for the next round! Giving up is a choice, and you really have to be more than an average joe to keep getting up, round after round, to get there. Ain't nobody got there in the first round 😅 If you are putting an average effort, rest assured returns will be average as well. If you want to be in the top X%, ensure that your effort matches with those right there and for a very long time as well!! Most folks will poke fun at your efforts, celebrate your failures. Heck, they'll even give you plenty of unsolicited advise, because it doesn't cost a dime 😁If it was easy, everyone would have done it. There is a reason they don't play ball with you. The desire to get there quickly, impatience and giving up too soon has seen many bright, hardworking individuals compromise with status quo. Don't be one of those, keep going. Trials and turbulence knocking you down, remember the old adage: "If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it." So, Hang in there, and keep moving forward. #sundayvibes

It’s taken much longer than it should have, but I have finally updated our team page! Find out more about who we are and what we are doing:

ICYMI: Robert Leslie Kerr Gunnell: Page about Robert Leslie Kerr Gunnell

James Clifford Wolfe: Page about James Clifford Wolfe

ICYMI: Anna Harriet Mathews Morris: Page about Anna Harriet Mathews Morris

James D. Eschrich: Page about James D. Eschrich