I'm at it again.  Blogging about compensation issues in the nonprofit sector.  In a past blog, I talked about the balancing act a board often faces in being wise stewards of an organization's resources, yet investing in capable leadership.  An article this month, "A Too [...]

This week has been challenging - I've been charged with planning a Jedi Training Academy for my son's fifth birthday party.  One challenge is that I've NEVER seen a Star Wars film.  Another challenge is that I don't have the time or interest between now [...]

The Summer Olympics officially begin on Friday with opening ceremonies in London.  I love watching swimming, gymnastics, track and field and of course basketball.  I also love the profiles of the athletes - so inspirational and so many amazing stories of families and communities pulling [...]

Each summer, I have grand notions of slowing the pace down a bit, but we are busy bees - as usual.  The nonprofit sector is buzzing also.   Here are just some of the headlines and potential lessons learned from the past few weeks: The Supreme [...]

Last week, I had the opportunity to spend the day with 25 thoughtful, passionate and talented nonprofit leaders at our CEO/Executive Director Mini-Retreat.  We promoted this event as a way to network, recharge the batteries, learn some new strategies and vent in a safe environment [...]

I recently began my participation as a member of the 2012 class of Leadership Kentucky with an opening retreat in Jabez, KY.  If you've ever been to the Lake Cumberland 4-H Leadership Center, you know it's beautiful . . . and remote.  Cell phone and [...]

We're wrapping up the final touches on this year's More Than Charity report, our labor of love highlighting key stats for Kentucky's nonprofit sector.  This will be the first snapshot of the sector since the IRS began revoking the status of organizations for failure to [...]

Work at KNN is rarely boring and these past two weeks have been no exception.  We've returned from our road trips energized by the connections made with our members, eyes wide open about some of the challenges we face and focused on the work ahead. [...]

I love a good reason to celebrate and I love Kentucky nonprofits, so I can't wait for next week!  April 15-21 is both Kentucky Nonprofit Week and National Volunteer Week - two great opportunities to celebrate our sector and the volunteers that do so much [...]

Two match-ups in the Commonwealth are generating lots of buzz.  Of course, I'm talking about the big game on Saturday, but I'm also talking about the Kentucky House and Senate trying to reach agreement on a budget that our Governor described as "wretched". According to [...]

It's so difficult to imagine that powerful tornadoes can leave a path of destruction across our Commonwealth in such a short period of time, yet require weeks, months, maybe even years for communities to recover.  For the communities left with this daunting task, this is [...]

Time flies when you're having fun!   February marks KNN's 10th anniversary year and we've been having so much fun -  it's hard to believe we've been working with you to strengthen our communities for a decade. From the early days of being a staff of [...]