I just returned from “pahking my cah in Hahvah yahd.” I was in Boston last week for the Council on Foundations’ Community Foundations annual conference. The event is always jam-packed with seminars and workshops on all types of topics. Some topics are basic for all not-for-profit organizations, such as board governance, marketing, and fiscal …
Last week a group of us attended the “Dynamic Leadership Conference for Enterprising Nonprofits,” which was hosted by the Grand Victoria Foundation and held at Elgin Community College. The workshops for the day reviewed different aspects of leadership, including staff leadership, board leadership, the leadership of organizations in the community, and the leadership of …
The Morris Community Foundation has five main issues of concern for the Morris and Grundy County area that we are working on. One of these issues is planned growth, and the more we get involved with the topic of growth, the more we see that “water management” is and will be a major issue of …
Sometime in our life, each of us has thought, “have I done anything worthwhile?” As we get older, we think about this more and more. Most of us have dreamed about being an explorer, medical researcher, or astronaut – or perhaps dreamed of inventing something that will make millions of dollars. However, it is …