Quick Tips

Make sure every committee has real work to be done and make sure every meeting gets something done. To create urgency and teamwork, take advantage of short-term task forces that bring people together from different committees around a problem/opportunity.

Overheard

"Colgate University is offering a new seminar in philanthropy, teaching students how foundations operate and giving away real money to nonprofits of their choice. The program is financed through the Brennan Family Foundation of Ohio."

- The New York Times, December 6, 2006