If You Have the Will, We Have the Way 

The National Association of Social Workers states emphatically that: 

Yes - you read that right... "Your Data Doesn't Matter!"

Well, actually - that is a half truth.  Of course your data does matter.  The point is when agencies and caseworkers are looking for new case management software - they focus mostly on their data... how it will be collected, what it will look like, how informative and actionable is the data and will it be helpful to your funders?

What's in a Name? 

That Which We Call a Rose 

By Any Other Name 

Would Smell as Sweet 

-William Shakespeare 

I recently conducted a phone interview with the new director of a Child Protective Services program in a state out west. I was surprised at the turn our conversation took. 

Making Your Strategic Plan More Clear

In a 2014 survey of over 2,100 non-profits by The Non-profit Marketing Guide, a majority of non-profits identified a "clear strategy" as their number one challenge. Considering how important the "big picture" is to Non-profit, it surprised me that they identified "clear strategy" as a challenge. 

Learning How to Manage in the 21st Century

The Managing Director of a large non-profit recently shared this experience with me. When his best employee submitted her resignation he was devastated. 

What? Let me read this again; Foster Care to Prostitution Pipeline. I thought that's what it said. What is happening in our society?  Is there no end to how we will abuse the most vulnerable among us?