This past week I was invited to serve as a panelist for an upcoming forum that will address how nonprofit organizations can create effective boards that are diverse in membership.  I find it odd that we should still need to have a panel discussion of this kind, given the amount of scrutiny and social analysis applied to America’s nonprofit sector over [...]

(Delivered Friday, 16th January 2009 at Lake Eola Ampitheater, Orlando Florida)  There are those who say that God sits above and works eternally to establish the order of things.  And I suppose that if, indeed, the ordering of things is God’s work, then God must have an office somewhere in the heavens set up, perhaps, [...]

Three quick notes to start the week: Our board members and staff will meet this week to confront the CHALLENGE of remaining healthy and viable in the second half of our fiscal year.  I fully expect it will be a tough meeting that yields good results for everyone who participates with an open mind and willing spirit.  In sessions [...]

  I have just returned from a trip to Nassau, Bahamas where I spoke with the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Education about the “NS”SF and its programs.  By the end of our meeting we had agreed to explore the possibility of establishing a program component for the young people of that island nation.  Much of [...]