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December 23, 2009
- Thanks for the gift of engagement
- From Breakfast on the BoardWalk: Five Challenges Facing Nonprofit Boards
- Five books for your holiday reading
- Recent placements on the BoardWalk:
- America's Charities
- Hospice of Chattanooga
New assignments & profiles
- Norman Rockwell Museum
- Presbyterian Church (USA)
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Thanks for the gift of engagement!
The phones and the streets are unusually quiet this week, which leads us to reflect on how demanding 2009 has been for us and our clients. The riptides of difficult economic news have kept everyone off-balance and grappling with a new reality. It's not surprising, therefore, that many folks might be taking a few extra hours or days off at the end of the year to recoup, regroup and recharge. (We'll join them shortly!)
Because of the downturn, we feel even more blessed than usual to have worked with 31 extraordinary organizations this year--organizations that, despite their own economic issues, continued to invest actively in their leadership and governance. We hope you will forgive us for the special bond we feel with clients who see our work as an investment rather than an expense.
Most of these organizations depend on donations for a substantial part of their revenues, and thus we invite you to visit their websites. Perhaps you'll remember one or two of them in your year-end discretionary giving. |
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Breakfast on the BoardWalk:
Five Challenges Facing
Nonprofit Boards
At our most recent Breakfast on the BoardWalk, we convened a group of nonprofit board leaders, all current or former recipients of our BoardWalk Governance Fellowship to the Harvard Business School executive education course, "Governing for Nonprofit Excellence."
To this group, we posed a simple question: "What are the top challenges facing the nonprofit boards you serve on?"
Click here to see what these leading board members had to say.
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Five books for your holiday reading
Can't stand being away from work? Here are a few ways to fill that pesky vacation time. (Thanks to Bill Schweke of the Corporation for Enterprise Development for bringing two of these suggestions forward. The others are our own doing.)
This little volume reflects our bias, mentioned in several of our articles in these pages, that the questions can be more important than the answers.
Ever been overwhelmed by the sheer number of management books available? Ever wonder which private sector-focused works that nonprofit types could benefit from a close read? Here are 100 possible answers.
 Mission-Based Management: leading Your Not-for-Profit In the 21st Century (Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management Series) by Peter Brinckerhoff.
Peter has written another first-rate guide grounded in practicality.
 Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential by Dan Pallotta
Dan Pallotta has stirred lots of reaction from the sector and its funders. We don't agree with everything he says, but his challenging perspective deserves a wide audience.
Notes from a Non-Profitable Life, by Martin Lehfeldt
Our old friend Martin Lehfeldt, the retired head of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, has written a real gem here.
For other books that we respect, please browse the Resources page of our website.
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Recent placements on the BoardWalk
...announced since our last smorgasBoard:
Steve Delfin
President & CEO
America's Charities
Since 1980, America's Charities has brought the nation's best-known and most-loved charities to workplace giving campaigns in the workplace. In that time, America's Charities has distributed more than $400 million to over 4,000 charities.
A long-time member of the America's Charities board and its current volunteer Chairman, Steve comes to the organization after serving as Executive Director of the of the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF), where he provided leadership and strategy for America's credit unions and their related foundations, philanthropies, and social responsibility initiatives.
Previously, Dan was the Vice President of Philanthropy at America's Second Harvest (now Feeding America), where he was the primary development contact on new major gifts totaling nearly $54 million, including the largest private foundation grant in the organization's history.
Clark Taylor
President & CEO
Hospice of Chattanooga
 Hospice of Chattanooga, Inc. is one of the 40 largest hospice programs in the country (out of some 4000 nationally), dedicated to the belief that no one should reach the end of their life alone, afraid or in pain, and that people of all ages have the right to appropriate end-of-life care regardless of disease or ability to pay.
Clark Taylor, the CEO of the Ephraim McDowell Health system in Danville, KY since 2002, becomes CEO of Hospice of Chattanooga in January 2010. This is Clark's second stint in Chattanooga: He previously served as CEO of Memorial Hospital there (1992-2002).
His experience with Hospice of Chattanooga was on a personal note: His father-in-law was cared for by Hospice of Chattanooga when he was dying of cancer in 1999. "I saw firsthand in our own home the quality of the people of Hospice and the compassion they showed in maintaining the quality of his life in his final days," Taylor said. "Here I am 10 years later able to come back and lead this great organization."
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New assignments and Leadership Profiles
...since our last smorgasBoard:
Deputy Executive Director for Mission Presbyterian Church (USA)
Louisville, KY
The General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) is the ministry and mission arm of the Presbyterian Church (USA), offering the world a visible witness to Jesus Christ on behalf of 2.1 million members and over 10,000 churches. The Deputy Executive Director for Mission is a key member of the senior team, with a leading role in reorganizing and reshaping the work of the denominational offices.
Click here to access the Leadership Profile for this assignment.
Norman Rockwell Museum
Stockbridge, MA
The Norman Rockwell Museum is dedicated to education and art appreciation inspired by the legacy of Norman Rockwell. The museum preserves, studies and communicates with a worldwide audience the life, art and spirit of Norman Rockwell in the field of illustration. BoardWalk is assisting the board of directors with a board enrichment project.
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To view all active assignments on the BoardWalk, please click here.
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Please click on the pictures below to learn more about consultants on the BoardWalk.
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Kathy Bremer
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Sam Pettway
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Margaret Reiser
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About smorgasBoard®
smorgasBoard is the mostly-monthly newsletter of BoardWalk Consulting, a firm committed to building strong foundations for nonprofits ® through executive search, board enhancement and strategic facilitation.
Click here to view past issues of smorgasBoard.
Contents © 2009 by BoardWalk Consulting LLC. Dissemination and reproduction encouraged, if accompanied by attribution to BoardWalk Consulting; all other rights reserved.
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