Archive for September, 2008
Trustees – love ‘em or hate ‘em, if you work for a charity, you have to live with ‘em.
It’s not easy being the chief executive (or director, or whatever) of a charity, and some I know view trustee meetings with dread. It needn’t be like that.
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Christmas cards
This is shameless plug for my favourite charity. Being involved with this lot is the reason 3rd Sector Skills was set up in the first place.
Mencap, the UK charity working with people with learning disabilities has an online shop where you can buy some really nice cards. If you are going to buy cards this [...]
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Quote of the day
I came across this quote by Dwight D Eisenhower which summarises planning nicely.
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Those of us who have planned for a while recognise that a plan is only as good as the day it’s made. Real life has a horrible tendency to throw [...]
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Over the last few years there’s been a dramatic change in the way voluntary sector organisations have had to operate. Funding patterns changed dramatically with a larger proportion allocated to discrete projects and the level of professionalism expected from third sector organisations has risen.
We need to operate in a professional manner, and also show to [...]
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