Category Archives: Managing Organizations
Engaging Distributed Volunteers- Part I
By Joan Davis As Managers of Volunteers you may be fortunate enough to have your team close by and can call them together for a face-to-face huddle any time of the day. But perhaps instead your work covers a broad … Continue reading
Purposeful Innovation
By Anne B. Schink Let’s see. So far our blog posts built upon The Charismatic Organization, the book by Shirley Sagawa and Deb Jospin, we have discussed the importance of being mission-driven, creating a positive organizational culture, and being faithful … Continue reading
Moving Pictures: A resource for even the smallest program
By Patricia F. Kimball I am a big fan of the written word. I love to read and I love to write. Sometimes I actually think my preferred mode of communication is pen and paper. Or screen and keyboard. But … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations, Marketing, Recruitment, Technology, Training
1 Comment
Strategy Pyramid
By Penny Kern I recently took a VERY part-time position with the American Red Cross and every chapter across the state is reorganizing to become regionalized. This is taking some rethinking and a lot of planning to pull everything together … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations, Marketing, Strategies
Leave a comment
“Can-do Culture”
By Anne Schink For the past several posts I have talked about The Charismatic Organization by Shirley Sagawa and Deb Jospin. Among their eight principles is a “Can-Do Culture”. They describe organizational culture as the organization’s personality or character. Every … Continue reading
Group Work + Technology = Success
By Patricia Kimball Last month, I concentrated my blog on low cost cloud-based technology that facilitates file sharing among groups and co-workers. This month, I am going to suggest project management programs that help with collaborative work and team projects. … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations, Strategies, Technology
Leave a comment
Development and Marketing Consultants
By Noble Smith As 2010 rapidly draws to its end and 2011 begins its reign, volunteers, professional staffs, members of non-profit Boards of Directors, donors and even suspects (potential donors) are breathing a temporary sign of relief. This current year … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations
Leave a comment
Data-Driven Decision Making
By Anne Schink As the calendar year draws to a close, many volunteer managers are scrambling to collect all the data they need to justify their existence. Well, not really, but some days it may feel like that. Building on … Continue reading
Posted in Managing Organizations, Strategies, Technology
Leave a comment
Middle Management
By Penny Kern A recent visit to energizeinc.com started me thinking about how many organizations have a “middle management” system. One organization I belonged who had a very strong volunteer middle management system but, over the years, I have seen … Continue reading
3 Organizational Communication Trainings that Can Add Value; Part II: Research Interviewing
By Sarah Ryan, Ph.D. Last time, I made a case for the value of Organizational Communication training for effective meetings. This month, the topic is interviewing. In my current line of work, this is the most important training I do. … Continue reading
