Two people who changed the world died within days of each other last week. One you know, the other you don’t. Both lost valiant battles with pancreatic cancer. Both died at nearly the same age and far too young (at least from where I’m sitting now they died too young). Both were about changing the […]
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When I was the client, the strategy guys doing what I do now used to make fun of how many times I wanted to run a map in our materials. I was always looking for a reason to show a world map with our work displayed “in some kinda new cool way” (that was what
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There have been several backchannel conversations with members of our Tribe who say they just aren’t going to use “Social Media.” It’s interesting how usually when I ask a couple of questions, the “Social Media” in question is usually one particular Social Media tool, Facebook. Facebook dominates Social Media (one could even say dominates the
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It’s the time of year for your annual breakfast or banquet or gala or fashion show or dogwash. It’s not even October and we’ve already been to several and there are several more on our calendar. It is the season for events if you’re a nonprofit or ministry. And I suspect that if you’re like
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We just finished a delightful time teaching and sharing with a razor-sharp group of pros at the CLA’s Leadership Academy. We loved the experience: great people, great conference, great organization. We made lots of new friends. Something that was central to our message was the strategy of engaging constituents on Social Media not simply using
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You’ve seen ‘em, they look like the unattractive love-child of a bar code and a bit-mapped maze—QR Codes. The QR is “quick response” as in a something you use your smart phone to do quickly (I don’t know, doesn’t really make sense to me either, I didn’t come up with the name). Hoots and I
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We have a wonderful library here on the island. It’s part of a larger library syndicate system or something. I’m sorta vague on how that all works, but I know it’s a great library and because of the various economic/governmental/tax whatevers their funding has been cut. Now our branch is open fewer hours yet that
At the risk of slipping into the curmudgeon category, I need to get this off my chest. I really started noticing a few months ago how many people tell me something, “Honestly.” They preface a statement with “Honestly…” As in “Honestly, here’s what you should do…” Or “Honestly, this is the situation…” Or “Well, honestly,
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One of my favorite presentations to give is “Aunt Ruby’s Rules on Nonprofit Branding.” I won’t try to describe it in detail, but it deals with what I consider the current realities and opportunities for nonprofit leaders all in the context of how my very proper Aunt Ruby would say it. The material is the
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Hoots will tell you that I’m not always a consistent rule-follower. Nothing serious, but I don’t always follow every rule–I’m less a letter-of-the-law kind of guy and more intentions-and-convenience kind of guy. She has a pretty funny riff that describes our different wiring, but let’s just say, a “keep off the grass” sign isn’t always
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We live in a wonderful little neighborhood in a small town. I never fail to be surprised at how surprised I am about small-town life. This summer the ice cream truck made an appearance. Growing up, the ice cream man drove his truck (usually one of those panel vans but for a short time it
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FastCompany ran an interesting post last week about Steve Jobs. Because Jobs announced that he’s stepping down from his post at Apple, there have been a flurry of posts on Jobs’ impact on Apple, technology, design and even the world. I thought FastCompany’s take was perfect, people reflecting on their first meeting with this iconic
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