Grace Anne Alfiero
Beach Balls and Station Wagons
Long after the beach lifeguard left his post for the day and before some of the lyrics to Looking Glass’ number one song Brandy were...
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Grace Anne Alfiero
Mar 29, 20214 min read
Providence Crosshairs, I’m Over Those Who Say They Feel “Blessed”
I have started and stopped this article several times. I think the main reason why I am hesitating to broach this subject is because I...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Mar 21, 20212 min read
Who Wants to Handle the Truth?
Helen Keller is credited with saying, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Mar 9, 20213 min read
Is it Time to Change Tradition?
In 1966 I was born into an Italian American family living in the northeast. Tradition and the importance of family was invisibly etched...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Jul 3, 20203 min read
Leadership Choices, How I Might Have Done It
After college and before I met the man I am married to, I dated a narcissist. During a brutally lengthy five year, on-again, off-again...
Grace Anne Alfiero
May 11, 20204 min read
Lidia’s Legacy
In the early 1990s, I worked for a law office and provided geriatric care management for several of the firm’s clients. We offered family...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Lunch, Literacy and Some Pivot Programming
Some not so obvious casualties of this COVID-19 pandemic are the auxiliary services previously provided to communities by nonprofit...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Apr 10, 20203 min read
The “Help One Artist” Campaign
Most of us know at least one brilliant artist. A painter, sculptor, writer, actor or musician. Someone who perhaps has sacrificed a...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Apr 5, 20202 min read
Meadowlark Resilience
Just this week, nature peeked out big and signs of a seasonal change are everywhere. Viridescent laurel leaf buds spider out toward the...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Mar 31, 20202 min read
The Worry Warrior
If I have a superpower, it’s definitely my ability to worry. I come from a long line of worriers. My grandmother was a worrier, my mother...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Mar 25, 20204 min read
The Chops to Deal
I’m in my fifties and I’m trying really hard not to freak out! Today, as I headed to Costco, it hit me, my generation has never really...
Grace Anne Alfiero
Mar 15, 20193 min read
Ownership vs. Leadership
Just like no one truly owns a beautiful forest and no one truly owns a coral reef, nonprofit organizations were not set up to be owned by...
Lindsey Nickel
Oct 15, 20182 min read
Where Did Honesty Go?
Lately, I’ve been looking for truth in a lot of places, and coming up short. These days it is difficult to tell if a news story is...
Lindsey Nickel
Sep 9, 20183 min read
Creating A Crosswalk For Collaboration
This week I was on a Skype call with a colleague who lives oversees and we were discussing the challenges of building an effective...
Lindsey Nickel
Aug 11, 20182 min read
Photos from the Front Seat
Some people meditate or practice yoga to find balance, others like to go for long walks. Me? The most effective way for me to restore and...
Lindsey Nickel
May 29, 20182 min read
Power Family
I am pretty certain that my lineage does not include links to royalty or political power. I do not believe any of my ancestors have run...
Lindsey Nickel
May 25, 20182 min read
A Sabbatical for Old Glory
Old Glory will not be flying in front of my home this weekend, but not for the reasons you might think. Typically, my family likes to...
Lindsey Nickel
Apr 13, 20182 min read
TanPoPo No Ye…The Traveling Dandelion Seed of Goodness
A few years ago I had the good fortune to work with some amazing folks in Japan. We took a train from the hustle & bustle of Tokyo to a...
Lindsey Nickel
Mar 24, 20182 min read
Ego Out!
At a meeting with a colleague the other day, I was asked an insightful question, “How did you manage the strong personalities that surely...
Lindsey Nickel
Feb 3, 20182 min read
If Only…
I like healthy competitions as much as the next person. Of course these days, competition takes on the form of an RFP (Request for...
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