Archive for February, 2012
Interesting articles and posts
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Once again, I’ve waited far too long to put this together. Here are many of the articles and posts I’ve found interesting over the last month or so.
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Learning the Lesson Is Not Enough – Admitting Failure
The Calm Before the Storm
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
I got engaged the second week of January and two weeks later, on January 30th, my mother was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. Before then we knew she was sick but had no idea it was cancer. She delayed seeing…
Why nonprofit overhead doesn’t mean what you think it means
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Lies, White Lies, and Accounting Practices
Before giving to charity, do you check to see what percent they spend on overhead? If you are like most people, this is the number one thing you look for before donating. Unfortunately, you…
World Vision’s Addiction to SWEDOW
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
World Vision (WV) is standing by their prolific use of SWEDOW (Stuff We Don’t Want) in their development programs. According to their recent blog post in response to my previous post, they will continue to send…
NFL/World Vision Part II?
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
I’m interested in whether or not the NFL will again donate the 100,000 items with logo of the team that lost the SuperBowl to World Vision.
Last year’s donation ignited a huge debate that got World Vision into a public…
Peer Coaching
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
I’ve been fortunate in my career to have had two people who have taken the time to mentor and help me. Unfortunately, finding a mentor is more luck and timing than anything else. It’s not something you can count on, so…
