Helping Nonprofits Create Twice the Impact in Half the Time at a Sustainable Pace
As some of you may know, I am a lifelong long-distance runner. It started with cross country in middle school and has continued to be a favorite pastime even now into my 40s. This winter and spring, I was motivated to train for my sixth half marathon as my youngest daughter had set a personal goal to run her first marathon (yes, a FULL, not…
In today’s fast-paced nonprofit sector, successful collaborations are the key to achieving impactful results. But building and maintaining these collaborations can be challenging due to factors such as differing goals, burnout, misalignment, and communication breakdowns. Fortunately, adopting an Agile mindset can transform how nonprofits collaborate, making their partnerships more adaptable, resilient, and successful. Why Agile for Nonprofit Collaborations? Agile is not just a methodology; it…
In a recent Scrum Basics session, we received the question, “How does something fit into the Sprint? Do you make the Sprint fit the work, or the work fit in the Sprint?” It’s a bit of a tongue twister, but it’s a question we have heard some version of now in multiple classes. The answer is straightforward: you make the work fit into the…
“You can’t do what is next now.” – Ally Love So much of my morning journaling time is spent processing and thinking through quotes that I encounter in my daily travels, whether it be reading, meetings, or my favorite…my daily workouts. Ally Love, a Peloton instructor, said this line during a 30-minute Tabata class the other day, which was 40 sprint intervals broken…
Back in 2001, without knowing it, I took the first steps on my Agile journey. The steps were not taken in my Organizational Behavioral class at Cornell University as you might assume (although I do wish I had kept that textbook–it would be fascinating to read and reflect on now!), but rather in the Formula SAE lab in Cornell’s Upson Hall. Let’s take a quick…