by Grace Alfiero | Mar 15, 2019 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, Leadership, News, Storytelling
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 any one individual. Sole ownership of a tax exempt entity is counter intuitive and the antithesis of the sectors’ original...
by Grace Alfiero | Sep 9, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, Leadership, News, Program Management, Storytelling
This week I was on a Skype call with a colleague who lives oversees and we were discussing the challenges of building an effective international work team. Knee-deep into our chat, I stated “it’s almost like we have to build a crosswalk, and develop a safe...
by Grace Alfiero | May 29, 2018 | Advocacy, Career Mamma, feminism, Leadership, News, Storytelling
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 for, been born into or held any type of political office. We are the opposite of the Kennedys, the Bushes, the Carters, and the...
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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