By Sarah Hidey, Co-Managing Director/Director of Resource Development, and Adam Brock, Director of Strategic and Business Planning A few weeks ago, Marshall Ganz, Tamara Kay and Jason Spicer published an opinion piece in the Stanford Social Innovation Review titled “Social Enterprise is Not Social Change.” In their piece, the authors claim that the fields of social enterprise and [...]
By Nora Welch, Senior Leadership Development Associate at Joining Vision and Action Who knew I would be chatting design with my favorite hot-yoga teacher? But alas, there we were a few weeks ago. She was telling me that she had this awesome bumper sticker that she really wanted to put on her vehicle, but because [...]
By Nora Welch, Senior Leadership Development Associate at Joining Vision and Action While I am likely to notice the visual appeal first, the content is also important to consider when you’re putting together an annual report. Content will depend on a variety of things, including but not limited to your intended audience, reporting requirements—and staff’s availability [...]
Photo by fauxels on Pexels Six Tips for Healthy Board Decision-Making and Relations By Sandra Harris Howard, Senior Trainer and Facilitator with Joining Vision and Action In my work supporting executive directors with their nonprofit board relations, I was asked a thought-provoking question: “Is there ever dissension among members of the board of directors?” My immediate [...]
By Jill Iman, Co-Managing Director and Director or Evaluation, Research and Implementation Science My early training was in an academic, research-based setting where a hypothesis was either supported or not through rigorous research methodologies and analysis. Although this culture is changing, it has fostered an environment where success is tied to being able to [...]
By Erin Shaver, Joining Vision and Action Sometimes deadlines fit nicely into your life—spaced out neatly, one being met as the next one appears on the horizon. Or, if you’re lucky, there is breathing room between the big ones, a chance to pause, reflect and recharge before the next one bears down. In reality, does [...]
By Rolfe Larson, Senior Business Planning, Social Enterprise and Strategic Planning Consultant at Joining Vision and Action There you are, facing a BIG healthcare decision, feeling a bit lost in the haze of medical jargon and doctors on tight schedules talking a mile a minute. Even if you feel good about your healthcare providers, how much [...]
By Nora Welch, Joining Vision and Action With the recent passing of the torch between calendar years, chances are high that you’ve seen a few annual reports in your physical or electronic mailboxes. Chances are also good that you’ve had both positive and negative reactions to those. While we could spend a whole other blog on the [...]
By Sandy Wiegand, Copyeditor and Writer at Joining Vision and Action Over the past several weeks I’ve been updating JVA’s internal resumes, the ones we attach to our proposals. The experience has left me amazed—and just a bit shamed—by the level of my colleagues’ volunteerism and community engagement. Sure, I collect monthly water samples [...]
By Sandy Wiegand, Copyeditor and Writer at Joining Vision and Action JVA’s newest facilitator, Sandra Harris Howard, has a really cool talent. Put her in front of a group whose members have different perspectives—but shared passions and priorities—and she’ll bring them together to solve problems and create road maps to achieve their goals. She’ll [...]
