Just finished participating in the first ever GuideStar Impact Call: bit like an earnings call for a corporate - just adapted for non-profits (see more further down). If you run a charitable / voluntary organisation and want to be both transparent and accountable to your stakeholders, then this is a format worth experimenting with. Don't … Continue reading Impact Call: expanding the definition of transparency
Author: Michael Ambjorn
Founder @AlignYourOrg | Past Past Chair @IABC + espresso user & occasional photographer/timelapser
Honesty, integrity, generosity and trust – tied together through collaboration
'Minds of their own' is the title of the February issue of Communication World and it seems like the BA and MA comms students at the London College of Communication match the description - but what can IABC do to match them? I recently ran a brief workshop with 40 or so of this cohort … Continue reading Honesty, integrity, generosity and trust – tied together through collaboration
Deliberate
The executive director of Nesta sets out in a recent article what she thinks are the factors that will make voluntary organisations thrive in the coming ten years: "What makes charities more likely to thrive? Which charities will do well? Like in any sector, it is the organisations that best adapt to change and innovate in … Continue reading Deliberate
The Key to a Better Board: Team Dynamics
In a paragraph - some data here worth digging into deeper: "Boards that are able to function effectively as a team have an 800% greater impact on firm profitability than any one well-qualified board director — in other words, and consistent with Aristotle’s observation, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
#ALIGN and the nine other important things you would want to know as trustee of a charity
From an exchange on the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network: What are the ten most important things you would want to know as trustee of a charity? Here's my response: It depends on whether I was considering stepping up or already a trustee of an organisation. So I've taken the liberty of splitting the ten into two … Continue reading #ALIGN and the nine other important things you would want to know as trustee of a charity
Exploring the big, hairy and audacious: 50 Alignment Interviews underway…
I've got fifty interviews underway exploring how an interesting, and highly diverse, group of people have set out to meet big hairy audacious goals - by bringing other people with them (or not as the case may be). But why you ask? Because we have one ourselves here at @alignyourorg: A world where both leaders and followers … Continue reading Exploring the big, hairy and audacious: 50 Alignment Interviews underway…
Alignment espresso: time away makes it easier to #ALIGN
Just getting back in the swing of things after a week attending a village wedding in Crete. Here's a brief alignment espresso - or in fact, as illustrated, a potent Greek Coffee. Those who know and love this method of preparation know that one should take one's time and not be distracted when drinking it: … Continue reading Alignment espresso: time away makes it easier to #ALIGN
First Things First: a weekly alignment espresso that’ll look after both you and your goals
Having closed out my time with the RSA (2010-13 notes here), I today found myself with my very first Monday morning of what is a new beginning. To help bring some structure to the office-less life, I created myself a small to-do list for future Mondays - and although it is rather personal, I thought … Continue reading First Things First: a weekly alignment espresso that’ll look after both you and your goals
Alignment Lab: from chaos to consensus in 3600 seconds
Launch of // Align Your Org Monday, 24 June, 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. NYC @ #IABCWC13 Sources say 70% of change initiatives fail. We say, “what are we going to do about it? This is Alignment Lab – It’s live and it’s learning at warp speed how alignment to a clear purpose can lead to consensus-driven results … Continue reading Alignment Lab: from chaos to consensus in 3600 seconds
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