Nonprofit Governance: What’s your flavor?
Fun Fact: I used to live in Korea, and while I was there, I learned about the many flavors ice cream can be in foreign countries. Such as Durian. Red bean. Kimchi. Lychee. Such variety!
So have you ever seen a board member go from board straight to executive director of the same charity, without any previous nonprofit experience?
As ice cream flavors go, I think that’s probably kimchi rat surprise.
Do you have any thought-terminating clichés? Are you sure?
So thought-terminating clichés, what are they? Coined in a book called “Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism,” a book written in 1956 about brainwashing in China, A thought-terminating cliché is a commonly used phrase, sometimes passing as folk wisdom, used to quell cognitive dissonance. Though the phrase in and of itself may be valid […]
Fire the assholes, and company culture will change
Have you ever worked for a big corporation? Did you feel burned out on that lifestyle? What were some contributing factors, if so? Want me to take a guess? I just read a blog post by Pamela Slim from Escape from Cubicle Nation, “An open letter to CXOs all over the world”. Here are the […]
Wow, I’m really angry. What is internalized oppression?
I believe that we need to end rape and gender-based violence in the Congo.
Lately I’ve been reading “Half the Sky” and realizing something needs to be addressed.
Dear Western Donors: “For God’s Sake, Please Just Stop”
“We are tired of being the subject of aid.” “We have to reform our economies, change our leadership, and be more democratic, and we have to do it ourselves.” -Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister in Nigeria
Are you a nonprofiteer AND a good consumer?
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, “Would my donors have more attention and money to give to my cause if they weren’t constantly buying new products and being distracted by new advertisements?”