Goals

Target Progress Not Perfection

Target Progress Not Perfection

You’re Perfect!  Do you have big dreams? Have you set your sights on important goals? Are you leading a team or a project toward a huge deadline? Do you work with passion and integrity to make a difference at work, in your community and at home? I applaud your drive to make a difference, to build great things, and to hold yourself and others to high standards. How often to you face roadblocks, challenges, or even mistakes along the way to achieving those goals? How often does the weight of your workload feel like it is holding you back from…read more →

Grant Professional Certified

Grant Professional Certified

In this our third Link Party blog, we’ll discuss the eight competencies of the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (the elements upon which the exam for GPC certification are based). Click on the links in this blog for more great information from my esteemed colleagues Jana Jane Hexter, Diane Leonard, Heather Strombaugh and Mark Whitacre. You can also read our two previous Linky Party blogs here and here for more information and additional links. What Your Grant Professional Knows Could be Worth Millions! Do you engage a grant professional – staff or consultant – when you develop your strategic plan(s)? If…read more →

Program Officer: Friend or Foe – Part 1

Program Officer: Friend or Foe – Part 1

The Program Officer: Friend or Foe  The word “philanthropy” derives from the Ancient Greek phrase philanthropia, meaning “to love people.” When you think about a foundation program officer do you imagine a benevolent professional who loves, or at least cares, about the very people who benefit from the grant awards or do you feel like program officers are all politics, pressure and power? Would you be surprised to know that your perception and your actions have more to do with your answer than it has to do with the position of a program officer, philanthropy or foundations? Sure, grants have…read more →

My 3 Words 2013

My 3 Words 2013

Join me in the My 3 Words 2013 Challenge Its January 2013. For many of us, the new year gives us pause to reflect on the past year and to set goals for the new year. Like many folks, I usually feel compelled to declare a new year resolution. These resolutions are often directed towards a single goal, like “losing weight”, “getting a better job”, or “managing debt”. These resolutions are fine pursuits, but I invite you to join me in the 3 Words 2013 challenge. I am inspired to take a larger perspective for 2013. In 2006, Chris Brogan began…read more →