AI note takers, recorded meetings, transcriptions and computer-generated summaries of conversation… All of this suggests your words are becoming someone else’s data, whether you know it or not.

Know your point of differentiation - what makes you special in the market because you do it better than anyone else? Once you name it, focus your energies on doing more of it.

Your organization’s Theory of Change is the road map that gets you from what you want to do to how it will change the world.

Just a nagging reminder: employee and contractor info needs to be sent out by Jan 31. And if you can, send a year-end statement to donors who have given multiple times last year. It helps them file their taxes.

Once you define your niche, speaking to it is relatively easy. It’s trying to address everyone that is hard.

The holiday spirit motivates volunteerism. That’s an opportunity to recruit year-round support for your mission.

The business of sharing an idea can easily get caught up in the mechanics of sharing the idea online. There’s a real tension between developing an idea and reverse-engineering one to meet the algorithms preferences.

I asked AI to give me some recommendations for creating consistent, differentiated blog posts. I got some interesting results.

Admin tasks can feel like a whole lot of little - but they are critical to maintaining a healthy organization. Schedule some time to focus on them and get them done.