Category: Leadership

November 23, 2020 Kathy Edersheim

When you are interested in joining a community or increasing your level of involvement, you want to make sure that it is the right place for you. For all kinds of groups whether brand-based, alumni oriented, cause-driven, sports-based, or something else, if it is has members, it should be providing a positive membership experience. Using these seven questions, you can get an overview to help you decide whether to become an active member.

October 12, 2020 Kathy Edersheim

Where there is a group of people, there is leadership. Always. The structure of the entity and individual leadership style both effect the spirit of community. Here are five foundational elements that are necessary.

October 5, 2020 Kathy Edersheim

We’ve all been there. Joined an online community and then…nothing. Or worse, you invested in technology so you could start an on-line community and after an initial burst of excitement, it fizzled. It can happen to any kind of organization from cause-driven to corporate. So what now? How do you revive the community?

May 17, 2018 Kathy Edersheim

For many institutions, there is a need for building the Advancement efforts for effective alumni relations and fundraising to strengthen education through alumni and community support. Right now, I want to call your attention to an exceptional opportunity for leadership in advancement as the Vice President of Development at Hunter College, the largest college in…

January 24, 2018 Kathy Edersheim

Alumni Relations for Today Alumni relations has gotten into a groove but that may not be such a good thing.  Offering the same programs, following the same procedures as last year (or the past five years) may not work so well in the new era of hyper-connectivity and constant entertainment. I was reminded that alumni…

January 4, 2018 Kathy Edersheim

In the never-ending quest to engage alumni (and friends), there seems to be growing interest in affinity or shared interest groups. Considering that, how do you go about forming a successful, sustainable group that has impact? Check out the story of the Yale Alumni Non-profit Alliance at: Case Study

June 2, 2017 Kathy Edersheim

Alumni organizations thrive and survive on “meetings” of all types whether leadership training, board meetings, planning meetings or something else (even social events often have a meeting component.) Each time alumni get together in one of these meetings, it is an opportunity to provide a positive experience and to strengthen the connection to the institution…

May 25, 2017 Kathy Edersheim

Every organization looks for talented, capable and prepared leadership. After spending a lot of time on searching and even training, how do we prepare new board members or trustees? The guidelines offered by the UK Charity Commission in their May Newsletter are applicable to volunteer and professional organizations. Providing this kind of preparation should be…