By Caroline Savery, Editor/Associate Consultant at Joining Vision and Action In my last post, I wrote about the importance of evaluating and experimenting with the rules in one’s life. I’d like to continue that conversation into the domain of rules governing the operations, management and governance of an organization. Mostly in my career, I have [...]
By Caroline Savery, Editor/Associate Consultant at Joining Vision and Action Rules, rules, rules. Most of us relate to the idea of "rules" with an automatic sense of grudging, borne from childhood. Remember what it felt like growing up, when it seemed like every aspect of your natural behavior was policed by grown-ups, citing rules? "Cross [...]
By Nora Welch, Joining Vision and Action (JVA) It was my second week on the job and I knew it was exactly where I needed to be. We were at one of our quarterly all-staff meetings and working on a timed writing assignment. Of course, being a team of highly-skilled and deeply-invested people (read: we [...]
By Nora Welch, Joining Vision and Action (JVA) It’s rare to hear from nonprofits and other organizations doing good that they don’t have concerns about their bottom line. While this is a common problem, with some common solutions (see also: JVA tips for grantwriting and fundraising), here’s a rather uncommon solution to ponder and implement. [...]
By Erin Shaver and Janine Vanderburg, Joining Vision and Action It was standing-room only at Joining Vision and Action on Wednesday night, when more than 100 people from all over the local community showed up, ready to listen, learn and share their experiences at the panel/workshop, Advocacy and Action in the Trump Era. A joint [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action How does our changemaker team at JVA stay on task and accomplish so much for our clients? You’ve already heard from Collin and Nora; here are some favorite changemakers productivity hacks from the rest of our team. Jill Iman, director of research and implementation science In [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action Why should you think about what you will stop doing in 2017? By this time, many of you have made your New Year resolutions or set your goals. You’ve decided what you want more of in 2017. We all know that more, more, more is a recipe [...]
By Amber Alarid, [Joining Vision and Action] Being an executive director of a nonprofit is hard work. It doesn’t matter if the nonprofit has hundreds of employees and a budget in the millions, or if it is a brand new organization relying on volunteers for everything. Sure, the stresses are different, but there are many [...]
Almost all of our clients want to change the world for the better. That, of course, is no accident. [Joining Vision and Action's] entire business model is built around supporting nonprofits, government agencies, school districts, libraries, universities and socially responsible businesses in their work. There have always been socially responsible businesses, business people out to [...]
As a nonprofit grantwriter or development professional, you're busy. You know that social media is popular, but how exactly, is it going to help you get your job done? Here are 3 ways we use Twitter at [Joining Vision and Action] to help with grantwriting. 1. Researching and understanding trends, current events affecting your work. [...]
