Today my father would have been 83. He lost sight in one eye in Korea. He never complained and never explained. He was a man who taught me the meaning of being a serving leader. He taught me so many life lessons I could fill blogs from here to eternity…
Continue Reading....Author: Tripp Braden
Charitable Giving: It’s Better to Give and Receive
Tax time is here again and many of us have been busy trying to find deductions that will lower our tax burden. The US tax code is truly complex but happily it allows large benefits for those who are charitably inclined. Unfortunately, not many know about such provisions and with…
Continue Reading....What’s Happening in Today’s Economy?
The investment economy today is the epitome of what we call in our business the “savings and investment dilemma.” Investors have been rocked by a roller coaster stock market over the past four years and are afraid and uncertain as to what to do. On one hand they want good…
Continue Reading....Introducing Eric Nager
So how does a nonprofit deal with a changing economic environment? As you know, I spend my time meeting with many interesting people around the country talking about how to build and lead successful nonprofit organizations. With all of the ups and downs in the economy, I thought it might…
Continue Reading....Three Keys for Getting the Right People on Your Team
The number one secret of success in a nonprofit is their ability to have the right people doing the right things in their organization. I’ve seen statistics that state over 50% of effective leaders believed they have hired the wrong person in their careers. With this number being so high,…
Continue Reading....What’s Your Lasting Leadership Legacy?
How do you make a difference in the world today? It seems like we’re always being challenged to become better leaders. But at a time where we can all impact the world in our own ways, why do we strive to be more like everyone else we know? I try…
Continue Reading....How Good are Your People?
As we talked last week about how passionate you are about your nonprofit’s mission, vision, values, did you find yourself reenergized about your organization’s potential? If you are a leader in your organization, it’s very easy to share your story with others with similar interests and values. I find this…
Continue Reading....Does Your Nonprofit Know Its Strengths?
In the last blog we talked about the market forces that are impacting your nonprofit organization today. Serving Leaders face challenges today that were not even thought about five years ago. The rate of change has accelerated and it doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down in the foreseeable…
Continue Reading....How to Take Your NonProfit Organization to the Next Level
I know your nonprofit faces changes from every direction in this economic environment. Are you facing some of these challenges? • Doing more with less money • Decreasing donations for increasing needs • Aging donor base • Next generation stakeholders who want a different relationship with nonprofits • Global competition…
Continue Reading....Sentenced to Success
I once heard a speaker use the statement, “I have been sentenced to success!” I heard that almost twenty years ago, yet it still sticks in my head. Imagine that. What if we had been given a life sentence to serve, say 75 years, and the sentence was to do…
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