Image via Wikipedia What kind of entity is your organization? You may just be starting out, and doing important work for your community, or you may have decided to take part in a small group that is working for a cause, and the group needs to define what it is. Is it a “club” that [...]
Who Takes Your Minutes? Boards often have difficulty getting a Secretary because taking the minutes of each meeting may seem like an onerous task. To me, this is an easy job because years ago a trusted mentor taught me two techniques that simplify the process and produce minutes that are useful for the Board and [...]
Guest post by Chad O’Connor, Adjunct Professor Emerson College It still never fails to amaze me when people come up to me to talk about public speaking their first and greatest issue remains fear. It is consistently cited as a chief fear amongst Americans. A great mind of our time, Jerry Seinfeld, once astutely noted [...]
1st Old Sandwich Road Race to Benefit Home for Little Wanderers When discussing historic road races in New England, none tops the Boston Marathon. Yet if you want to talk about road race courses with history, none can best the first Old Sandwich Road Race on June 6—a half marathon taking place on Old Sandwich [...]