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Macarena Olsen
Maca Olsen is creative director and partner of Poesis Creative. Her background includes years of experience executing creative services for a national consulting firm, in editorial positions at various publications, and managing fundraising campaigns for dozens of nonprofit organizations large and small. Maca previously served as Managing Editor of Philanthropy Daily.
To avoid limping along or being frustrated by the performance (or lack thereof) from your board members, you need to make sure to set clear expectations.
In many nonprofits, two cultures develop: a fundraising culture and a programmatic culture, creating “silo mentality” that fosters suspicion and degrades mission effectiveness.
People are returning to their Rust Belt hometowns to make a difference: to build entire lives—not just careers—in a real, authentic place whose stamp their lives can bear.
Last September, Republicans released a 9-page framework they hope will eventually unify the party behind a proposal to reform the U.S. tax code. That document is titled “Unified Framework For Fixing Our Broken Tax Code.”