by Rachel Brookhart | Oct 2, 2015 | The Nonprofit Sector
It’s Day 2 of my write every day for a month challenge, and I’m running into a very familiar problem….there’s too much to write about. There was yet another mass shooting yesterday… I met with a great group of colleagues this morning to...
by Rachel Brookhart | Aug 27, 2015 | The Nonprofit Sector
Originally written for www.cnmsocal.org. When I was a student, there was nothing worse than when a teacher uttered those two horrible words, “team project.” I was always the smart kid. I got straight As and was never nervous taking tests. In fact, I liked taking...
by Rachel Brookhart | Aug 19, 2015 | The Nonprofit Sector
Originally posted on www.cnmsocal.org. The air seemed a little tense as California Community Foundation’s Joan Palevsky Center started to fill up with nonprofit leaders. There was light chatter as people stood around sipping the requisite Corner Bakery coffee and...
by Rachel Brookhart | Aug 7, 2015 | The Nonprofit Sector
When Obama recently announced his Clean Power Plan, my first thought was, “Oh man, West Virginia is not going to be happy about this.” While I was unfortunately not born in West Virginia, I did grow up there. I was shaped into the human being I am now in Almost...
by Rachel Brookhart | Jun 30, 2015 | The Nonprofit Sector
I like to bitch a lot about nonprofit issues (especially funders and how they aren’t doing things the right way, but the truth is, neither are we). And I can bitch as much as I want, but it’s no good unless I provide solutions, right? I don’t have all the...
by Rachel Brookhart | Jun 19, 2015 | The Nonprofit Sector
Because I work in the field of nonprofit management, I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can help more people, how my organization can help more people, and how other nonprofits can help more people. It’s kind of how us nonprofit folks work. But what is...