Grace-Anne Alfiero – Blue Ridge Leaders

Ownership vs. Leadership

Posted 11 days ago by Grace-Anne Alfiero 77

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...

Creating a Crosswalk for Collaboration

Posted September 13, 2018 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 698

Reposted from Arts In Action Blog Post from 9/9/18: This week I was on a Skype call with a colleague who lives overseas and we were discussing the challenges of building an effective international work team. Knee-deep into our chat, I stated...

Power Family

Posted June 3, 2018 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 872

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...

Unintentional Bridge Burning

Posted January 17, 2018 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 1018

repost from www.artsinactionllc.com 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...

A Year of Yoga

Posted January 7, 2017 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 1289

So, How you doing? We are five days into 2017 and I am wondering how those resolutions are going? Me…of course I am working on mine, it’s still January, check back with me come Valentine’s Day! My resolution is more like an insurance and...

When Grant Writing Equals Grant Winning!

Posted June 6, 2016 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 1702

(Republished from Grace-Anne Alfiero’s Arts in Action Blog) As a non-profit consultant that makes a majority of my income from preparing grant proposals for clients, I am often asked what constitutes a winning proposal. The quick answer is...

How NOT to Do It

Posted April 23, 2016 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 1323

In the early 90’s, I landed an internship at a progressive non-profit agency in New York City that served as an incubator to musicians, performance artists and multi disciplinary artists. I both loved and hated my experiences there. It was where...

Moving Toward Meaning

Posted December 20, 2015 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 1036

Every few months, and sometimes once a year, I remember to follow through with the mission of scheduling a phone call with my college roomie from my freshman and sophomore days at the University of Florida. She has steadfastly climbed up her...

Leadership Parallels with History

Posted October 23, 2015 by Grace-Anne Alfiero 919

It occurred to me today, during a meeting at one of my client’s facilities, how things change, but how they also tend to stay the same…let me explain. In the meeting, an administrator for the agency used the phrase “we work down in the trenches”...