I admit it. I've become a "tweeter." In fact, the other day an NBOA member commented, "You tweet A LOT." I took it as a compliment. Here's why.
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It takes a village ... you can’t go it alone ... swim with a buddy ... the list goes on and on. If we know we are stronger as a group than individually, why do we so often insist on keeping key information in the hands o
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CEO Notebook
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Communication
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Employee Benefits
As summer approaches, many of you will see the energy and excitement of students replaced with the very different energy and excitement of campers. Your calendar for the coming months is filled with year-end closings, fa
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"Only the head of school and the business officer leave school each night knowing the good, the bad and the ugly of what went on that day."
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CEO Notebook
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Boards and Trustees
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Communication
I’ve been reading a lot of articles, blogs and social media posts to help identify information for NBOA’s own social networks—information that I think will resonate with our membership. Sometimes I come
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Each year, as part of our ongoing professional development, the NBOA staff selects a book to read and discuss “book club” style. The book can be about association management, education, business or some other
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From the archives: The old concept of sliding-scale tuition gains new currency as schools deepen diversity commitments, combat sticker shock. “We are not a one-size-fits-all industry.”
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As I discuss the future of independent schools with thought-leaders and colleagues across the country, we often look to higher education—particularly small, independent, liberal arts colleges—to see what less
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CEO Notebook
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Communication
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Culture
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Professional Development
Between sessions at the 2014 NBOA Annual Meeting two weeks ago, I was stopped time and time again by attendees who thought Amanda Ripley’s Monday Opening Keynote was outstanding. Punctuating these hallway conversations w
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It is LOUD here in Orlando, but despite the cacophony of voices at the NBOA Annual Meeting this week, I am determined to listen to every conversation I join and every presentation I attend.
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NBOA recently launched a brand new website to better serve members and the independent school business officer community. Since NBOA’s inception in 1998, our website has been the most highly valued resource among o
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