Leaves of Change VT

12/04/2024

As we enter a period of uncertainty, Leaves of Change VT is reflecting on our 2024 work and considering direction for 2025. Read more in our End of Year reflection newsletter. (and...note there are two calls to action in this newsletter!)

03/05/2024

Celebrating 5 years! Thank you supporters, clients, and collaborators. Looking forward to collaborations and partnerships over the next 5 years! -

On March 1, 2024 Leaves of Change VT celebrated 5 years!!  Over that time, we’ve grown, learned, contracted, pivoted, and most importantly continue to support nonprofits. Nonprofits are the hearts of many communities.  Nonprofits give life, support life, hold-up lives, change lives.  Nonprofits...

10/24/2023

I struggle with the term "capacity building". It suggests starting from scratch, that there are no strengths or capacity - which is never true. Everytime I looked at our logo I cringed. So, my fantastic graphics woman ( Bouvier) changed it. We strengthen capacity. We exchange capacity. We share capacity. We learn from each other. At Leaves of Change VT, we are learning and evolving.

Photo by Owen Lystrup on Unsplash

09/12/2023

Read my latest newsletter providing advice to nonprofit boards on their role in keeping good staff...

This month: Nonprofit Boards' Role in Keeping Good Staff... With the nonprofit workforce crisis in full force, it is imperative for nonprofits to consider multiple ways to support existing, fantastic staff - before they leave.  Friendly reminder - your staff is the heart and soul of your nonprofit....

07/21/2023

Board Corner: So you want to be a board member? -

This month: So you want to be a board member..... There are many resources available to support nonprofit boards think about recruiting, onboarding, training new board members.  There aren’t many resources for community members considering becoming a new board member.  This edition of Board Corn...

05/02/2023

Excited to share our latest Board Corner Newsletter exploring the board chair and ED relationship.

This month: Board Chair and Executive Director Relationship Nonprofit Board Chairs have distinct and separate roles and responsibilities from nonprofit Executive Directors.  Together, these partners lead nonprofits to achieve their mission.  A positive, working relationship is critical to the succ...

05/02/2023

Board Corner: ED and Board Chair -

This month: Board Chair and Executive Director Relationship Nonprofit Board Chairs have distinct and separate roles and responsibilities from nonprofit Executive Directors.  Together, these partners lead nonprofits to achieve their mission.  A positive, working relationship is critical to the succ...

05/02/2023

Friends! Check out our latest episode of Board Corner where we discuss the board chair and executive director relationship.

04/25/2023

https://equityinthecenter.org/white-women-doing-white-supremacy-in-nonprofit-culture/

I see myself in this article.

Naming these patterns is not about calling out other white women or distancing myself from whiteness. My own behavior reflects these patterns and has perpetrated harm in ways I did not comprehend in the moment. I have been called on these practices. Sometimes, I heard what folks were trying to tell....

04/18/2023

This article helped me see myself and gave recommendations on boundary setting. Join me in learning the art of ‘no’.

Without it, you could be headed for burnout.

04/17/2023

In 2022, we wrote 50+ grants and proposals for 23 international and VT based nonprofits (with a win rate of 41% - exceeding industry average), facilitated 4 strategic planning processes, led 15 staff or board day-long retreats, led 3 organizational change processes, sponsored a young professional's participation in the WILD forum and supported an intern.

Thank you to clients, collaborators, and supporters for making this happen! We couldn't do it without our community.