by Rachel Brookhart | Oct 9, 2015 | Misc. Rachel
Hieronymus Bosch not only had a kick ass name, he was a talented painter. My favorite work of his – The Garden of Earthly Delights – has all sorts of weird shit happening in it. It’s perfect for imagining what it would be like if good ol’ Hiero...
by Rachel Brookhart | Oct 8, 2015 | Misc. Rachel
I was at the California Community Foundation’s 100th anniversary celebration today, and there was a lot of talk about lack of voter engagement. I thought about why that might be and decided that voting is a lot like eating brussel sprouts. Most people who bother...
by Rachel Brookhart | Oct 7, 2015 | Development, Misc. Rachel
So, it turns out that finding time to write every single day is difficult. It’s nice though. It feels like when you have done nothing but eat junk food and watch tv on the couch and then you spend a couple days doing jumping jacks. You aren’t significantly...
by Rachel Brookhart | Oct 4, 2015 | Administration, Misc. Rachel
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to feel safe, comfortable, and stable? Nonprofits do a lot of work to make the under-served feel safe, comfortable, and stable, but they often forget their staff in the process. What are you saying about your team...
by Rachel Brookhart | Oct 1, 2015 | Misc. Rachel
Seth Godin wrote a blog post today about action. It reminded me that I have a blog idea called “Just Fucking Do It” which is my internal response to people who just can’t seem to ever get anything done. Anyway… Seth said: More important than...
by Rachel Brookhart | Sep 7, 2015 | Misc. Rachel
I’ve been thinking a lot about careers lately. I’m spending some time focusing on “what I want to be when I grow up” and have not yet landed on an answer. I enjoy marketing – do I go down that route? I’m tired of the slow pace of nonprofits (mostly due to the funding...
