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What's My Job - Staying On Mission

What's My Job - Staying On Mission

FromThe Practice of Nonprofit Leadership


What's My Job - Staying On Mission

FromThe Practice of Nonprofit Leadership

ratings:
Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How do you respond when a staff member, Board member, or volunteer has a great new idea for the organization?  Or if a donor offers to fund a new project substantially, if the organization will take it on?"Mission Creep" is real, especially when there are lots of needs and plenty of good ideas and opportunities out there.  In this episode, Tim and Nathan discuss the hard work of keeping an organization on mission, with Tim offering several practical tips to do so.  Tim Barnes serves as Executive Vice President of International Association for Refugees (IAFR).  Tim can be contacted at tim@iafr.org.Nathan Ruby serves as Executive Director of Friends of the Children of Haiti (FOTCOH).  Nathan can contacted at nathan@Fotcoh.org.
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Practice of Nonprofit Leadership was designed for Executive Directors of small to medium sized nonprofits.  If you are currently an Executive Director or hope to be one someday this is your spot.  Leading an organization can be one of the most fun, exhilarating, rewarding, scary, thankless jobs in the universe.  Using a mixture of encouragement, information, stories, and practical tools, hosts Tim Barnes and Nathan Ruby will use their years of nonprofit leadership experience to make your journey a little easier,  more fun, and ultimately help you be more effective in leading your organization.