by Grace Alfiero | May 25, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, Colors, feminism, Illustration, Leadership
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 show our patriotism and when we moved to our new home a few years ago, high on the to-do list was installing a new flag pole mount on...
by Grace Alfiero | Apr 13, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, Colors, feminism, Leadership, Uncategorized
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 very quaint little city nestled in the mountains. When we arrived two hours later in Nara, Japan, the sun was just beginning to...
by Grace Alfiero | Mar 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, feminism, Leadership, leadership transition, News, non profit transition, Storytelling
At a meeting with a colleague the other day, I was asked an insightful question, “How did you manage the strong personalities that surely emerged during board meetings at your agency, especially when you were planning to resign?” My colleague was referring...
by Grace Alfiero | Feb 3, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, feminism, Grant Writing, Leadership, News, Photography, Storytelling, Uncategorized
I like healthy competitions as much as the next person. Of course these days, competition takes on the form of an RFP (Request for Proposal) or a vote driven-crowd funding campaign to support programming for one of my non-profit clients. But back in the day, I was a...
by Grace Alfiero | Jan 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, feminism, Leadership, News, Photography, Storytelling, Uncategorized
This past Sunday, my daughter and I donned our thermal underwear, our pussy hats, (thanks Christy Hallas) and our warmest sweaters and headed downtown to the 2nd Annual Women’s March. We weren’t trekking to a big city like Manhattan or Washington D.C., we...
by Grace Alfiero | Jan 14, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, feminism, Grant Writing, Leadership, Photography, Storytelling, Uncategorized
Are you burning bridges without even knowing it? Are you confused sometimes when you get a less than enthusiastic reply from a donor, grant funder, supervisor, colleague, direct report or a vendor? Have projects that you thought were on course, suddenly explode,...
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