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February 09, 2015
Guest Post: Why Succession Planning Matters
By: Brian Broadbent Lately Northeast Ohio has celebrated a number of nonprofit executive retirements. However, many nonprofit boards ignore planning for executive transitions until absolutely necessary. Why is it overlooked? Nonprofit boards don’t want to consider losing their outstanding chief executive. There can be reluctance on the part of the chief executive to think about […]
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December 29, 2014
Communicating a genuine belief in your employees
The rat race. I’ve heard the phrase a hundred times, but never understood how it came to mean our tiresome work life. Turns out it is an analogy to lab rats racing through a maze, expending great effort running around, but ultimately achieving nothing. I am fortunate to have a career that I love, one […]
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November 24, 2014
Arts in Akron: Add Your Voice to the Chorus
Sometimes you can just feel it. You can’t always describe it or measure it or explain it. But you feel it and that is enough. We are feeling it right now for Akron’s arts and culture scene. Over the course of the past year, we’ve had many touch points with the community around arts. We […]
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September 04, 2014
Comments from an Education Advocate: Blended Learning
By: Kirstin Toth Senior Vice President, GAR Foundation What are the shared common themes in the terms “personalized learning, blended learning, flipped classroom, instructional differentiation, and problem based learning or interdisciplinary problem based learning?” From someone who is not an educator, but knows a little something about student achievement, the common theme is that we’re […]
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August 18, 2014
Attributes of a Successful Nonprofit
A few weeks ago, I was being interviewed by the board chair of a nonprofit . I was explaining that there is no shortage of compelling causes for our limited grant funds and that the heart of our challenge in making good grants is in discerning which organizations are the “high-quality nonprofits.” He replied by […]
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August 14, 2014
How Leaders Can Utilize Training to Engage Nonprofit Board Members
Guest Post By: Elizabeth Voudouris As nonprofits face growing complexities and challenges, getting the governance right has never been more important. Well-meaning nonprofit board members can bring relevant skills, expertise and networks to the organization, but without a clear understanding of what their job is as a board member (and what it’s not), it can […]
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July 24, 2014
Six Simple and Effective Social Media Tips for Small Nonprofits
By: Dina Younis Between program management, administrative duties, fundraising, and day-to-day issues, many small nonprofit organizations often times lack both the capacity and resources to keep up with online communication efforts. Here are six simple and effective social media communication strategies to consider: 1. Schedule social media posts. Sites like Hootsuite allow you […]
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June 03, 2014
SPARK Summit County: Making Education Fun
A month before graduating from SPARK and beginning kindergarten, four-year- old Shalaya demonstrates how to wave her arms and move her shoulders just like the animals from her favorite book. With guidance from the SPARK program, Shalaya’s mother has made reading with her child a priority and knows how to make education fun. A program […]
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