By Karen Kegg My husband and I renewed our wedding vows this summer with family and a few friends attending. For a gift, my sister-in-law gave us a decorative gratefulness jar to remind us how grateful we should be for each other and our family. ...
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In the face of emergency…
By Marion Lee, CFRE Most of us have been here before. Throughout our careers, earthquakes, hurricanes, fire and terrorism have dealt our communities and our country blows that resonate with us long after the actual disaster. No one nonprofit is...
Helping organizations learn to fly
By Alexis De Sela “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche We at Lee+ Associates realize that meeting each organization where it is,...
Strategic Planning: Which way I ought to go from here
By Shannon Kingman “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” said the Cat. Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire cat of Alice in Wonderland said it best – knowing how to...
Getting to know the Lee+ Associates team
The Lee+ Associates team recently completed a fun (but surprisingly challenging) poll of some of our favorite things. The resulting responses will give you a snapshot of each of us, including a quirk or two. We hope you will enjoy getting to know...
Strengthening your program’s impact comes from evaluation
By Covita Moroney In working with our clients, particularly in the context of organizational assessments, Lee+ Associates team members consistently encounter nonprofit leaders who fully embrace the importance of demonstrating their program’s...
Summer means…
“Summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” --Henry James For most nonprofit Staff members, summer typically brings a slight slow-down in program activity, although for some it can be the...
The revolving door: Turnover in the Development profession
By Alexis De Sela Your Development Director just handed you her resignation. It takes you completely off-guard. You thought this was “the one” who would stay because she was 14 months into her tenure. You had no idea she was looking at other...
Strategic Planning: Which way I ought to go from here
By Shannon Kingman “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” said the Cat. Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire cat of Alice in Wonderland said it best – knowing how to...
Why Board training is essential for success
By Amy Phipps If you need a doctor, you wouldn’t choose someone who hadn’t been to medical school. Why then does it seem that nonprofit Board members don’t receive the training they need? In a perfect world, Board members would be well-educated and...
