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Seven Lessons My Father Taught Me about Fundraising
Throughout the past few months at conferences led by Jimmy LaRose, founder and 25 year CEO of the National Development Institute, I heard him remind executives of nonprofit organizations and their board members that nonprofit organizations are in two… Read More
Four Modes of Thinking about Board Governance
I have been thinking recently about healthy and maturing boards of governance for ministry organizations, including local church boards and college boards of Trustees. Increasingly I am convinced that healthy and maturing boards have a balance in the… Read More
Board Development Assessment Tool
Organizational development issues for nonprofit companies have been on my mind in recent weeks. Recently, I reflected again on the Nazarene Compassionate Ministry, Inc. APEX Project, an assessment tool developed by NCMI to assist Faith-Based Organizations and Non-Government… Read More
A confession…I am a “Board-Hugger!”
In recent years I have become a “board-hugger!” The reason, I believe, is captured in the famous quote of the late president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. He gave his powerful “Man in the Arena” speech in 1912 in… Read More
Measuring Your Progress
You will benefit from reading below the recent post by Russ Bredholt, Measuring Your Progress.” Dr. Bredholt is president of Bredholt and Associates. Check his website at www.strategist.com. He gave his permission to BoardServe.org to share the article. Read More
Servant Leadership for a Servant Community
In 1988, I presented the closing address to the Pan Asia Christian Education Seminar in Singapore. The theme of the address was “Servant Leadership for a Servant Community.” At the time, I served as president of the… Read More
An Attitude of Acceptance
LeBron Fairbanks, retired Education Commissioner; Sanil Dange, former president of the South Asia Nazarene Bible College and Field Strategy Coordinator, India Field Several years ago, I read the book, CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS. In the book, the author… Read More
Highlights: BoardServe Roundtable Biennial Meeting
On August 1, 2014 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, I convened a meeting of a small group of mature adults who have vast experience with not-for-profit boards and board governance. The group is called, “BoardServe Roundtable.” We meet together as a… Read More