501 Focused

Welcome to 501 Focused . As the name implies, this blog is focused on addressing the needs of nonprofits [501(c)(3)] and associations [501(c)(6)] . Over the next several months, we’ll cover strategic planning and many of the aspects of what makes that -- and the organizations who engage in it -- successful. In the spirit of being “501 Focused,” this blog plans to highlight a nonprofit or association with each posting. See the “Focus On” section at the bottom of the post for our featured organizations. To kick things off, I’d like to share some personal insight I recently had involving both work and family -- two aspects of our lives that often intersect, whether we want them to or not. I just returned from a board meeting for an association of surgeons, where I facilitated a session to help them plan some projects for the next few years. Two days later I got a call telling me my mother had fallen and was at a local hospital. While it might seem strange to connect the two, I a