Preparing for Moishe House’s Future
Moishe House is all about Inspiring Jewish Homes for young adults in their 20s. Being in the young adult housemate business, we are naturally experienced with turnover and change.
From a Jigsaw Puzzle to a Future Jewish Boston Revolution
Moishe House is all about Inspiring Jewish Homes for young adults in their 20s. Being in the young adult housemate business, we are naturally experienced with turnover and change.
Announcing the Meaty Awards
I once ran a strategy workshop at a meat packing plant. The executives were laser focused when it came to their goal. All they cared about was ensuring that meat – their only product – was at the center of the consumer’s plate.
Education nonprofits
Why don’t more nonprofits collaborate? Why can’t they play nicely in the same sandbox, just like we teach kids to do?
Collaboration can be tough for mission-driven, highly independent nonprofits. All too often I have seen sandbox squabble rather than sharing among nonprofits.
Stop being nice. Sometimes, you need to be irritatingly right!
Nonprofits are filled with optimistic and wonderfully generous people. The world undoubtedly needs lots of these folks. This is all well and good when all is calm, and your organization happily continues to thrive. But what happens when you encounter tough times?
Uber wants to be Amazon. Should a nonprofit want the same thing?
Do you remember the children’s car game, Mad Libs? We want all you social entrepreneurs, you leaders of nonprofits, you do-gooders to play. Fill in the blanks in the essay below. Be serious but have some fun. And, no fighting in the back seat!
MAD LIBS for Nonprofits
Do you remember the children’s car game, Mad Libs? We want all you social entrepreneurs, you leaders of nonprofits, you do-gooders to play. Fill in the blanks in the essay below. Be serious but have some fun. And, no fighting in the back seat!
True or False? Over 78% of nonprofit board members voted for Bernie Sanders in 2016
What do you think?
In Boston, education nonprofits often get the scraps
Boston has a hyper-active education social services sector where a handful of agencies dominate, and many languish. Are there simply too many agencies competing for the same limited funds? Is that the entire story? A few months ago, I began to examine Boston-area nonprofits that serve urban Pre-K to 12 public schools. I counted 116 […]
We Are All Missionaries
In 1905, Mark Twain scratched the following statement in his notebook. He foresaw the underlying cause for today’s nonprofit logjam: “We are all missionaries (propagandists of our views),” he quipped. “Each of us disapproves of the other missionaries.” Even Mr. Twain would likely have argued that the world needs social entrepreneurs, today’s missionaries. Doctors without Borders, […]
