Dear Ones:
For the last few years, I've been a regular contributor and then an administrator for a large Facebook group called Executive Director Happy Hour. In the Fall of 2017, at the request of my tens of fans, I started a weekly column entitled "Dear Murgatroyd", a sometimes rude but always helpful (I hope) response to the questions and concerns sent to me by one of the 6,500+ group members who are or were the Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations across the globe.
Running a group like #EDHH isn't an easy task and I've been blessed to work with a vibrant, smart and passionate cohort of like-minded volunteers.
One of the things that I've learned being part of this larger group is that things change, especially when it comes to technology. How we communicate with one another today is so very different from how things were when I was first starting out as a professional in the mid 90s. What's not changed is that we all struggle from time to time with how to talk to one another and how to manage people and situations. It's great to have someone to run things by and talk things through, or to get told you have to do the difficult thing.
What started out as a bit of a laugh has turned into a real blog and today I'm launching it here instead of in a Facebook group. Why? Because things change and this is an easier space for me to write and respond to the questions, queries and conundrums facing the leaders of nonprofit organizations or maybe even those of you who work in the for profit sector. My plan is to update every Friday but if demand grows, so will my posts.
If you have something to ask, feel free to send an email to DearMurgatroyd@gmail.com and I'll have a response for you within a week. Thanks for joining me!
~ Julie
For the last few years, I've been a regular contributor and then an administrator for a large Facebook group called Executive Director Happy Hour. In the Fall of 2017, at the request of my tens of fans, I started a weekly column entitled "Dear Murgatroyd", a sometimes rude but always helpful (I hope) response to the questions and concerns sent to me by one of the 6,500+ group members who are or were the Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations across the globe.
Running a group like #EDHH isn't an easy task and I've been blessed to work with a vibrant, smart and passionate cohort of like-minded volunteers.
One of the things that I've learned being part of this larger group is that things change, especially when it comes to technology. How we communicate with one another today is so very different from how things were when I was first starting out as a professional in the mid 90s. What's not changed is that we all struggle from time to time with how to talk to one another and how to manage people and situations. It's great to have someone to run things by and talk things through, or to get told you have to do the difficult thing.
What started out as a bit of a laugh has turned into a real blog and today I'm launching it here instead of in a Facebook group. Why? Because things change and this is an easier space for me to write and respond to the questions, queries and conundrums facing the leaders of nonprofit organizations or maybe even those of you who work in the for profit sector. My plan is to update every Friday but if demand grows, so will my posts.
If you have something to ask, feel free to send an email to DearMurgatroyd@gmail.com and I'll have a response for you within a week. Thanks for joining me!
~ Julie
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