Posts Tagged ‘The Outcomes Confrence’
Defeat Your Greatest Enemy By Matt Fore
3 Insights Into Defeating Your Greatest Enemy Do you ever find yourself secretly discouraged or on the. the bring of feat? Maybe you’ve heard a message, read an article or even a scripture that, while it was intended to encourage, it left you confused or even disheartened. For a number of years, I was…
Read MoreExecutive Transitions By John Wylie and William Wright
EXECUTIVE TRANSITIONS: Adapting Best Practices for Christian Nonprofits Current crises are exposing weaknesses in current executive leaders for Christian organizations. Many Christian organizations therefore will face transitions among their highest executives. How should organizations’ Boards of Directors manage these transitions? Authority The first issue for the Board is to identify who has the authority to…
Read MoreAgenda or Kingdom Driven? By Steve Cummings
Agenda Driven or Kingdom Driven? Conventional wisdom dictates that non-profit development officers have one agenda: Raise money. Job descriptions now list so many metrics and functions that only a Galilean from Nazareth could fulfill this role. We have made “ministry in the name of Jesus” a corporate business and structured our non-profits like Fortune…
Read MoreReady or Not, Here Comes Change! By Alan G. Weisenberger
Readiness for Change is up to you! Unless you’ve been asleep like Rip Van Winkle, you know that change is a constant in today’s world. But just because it’s constant doesn’t mean we’re good at it. It would be easier if we all viewed it the same way. But inevitably, while some are clamoring…
Read MoreWatch Your Language by Gary G. Hoag, Ph.D.
by Gary G. Hoag, Ph.D. Almost daily in December my mailbox received a stack of direct mail appeals inviting us to participate with various ministries in their work through giving. One evening my wife neatly left a stack of them for me on the counter. The assortment included organizations we have supported and others that…
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