Independent / Small Business Owners

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Quote of the Month:
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
— George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright (1856-1950)

How and when do you change what you’re doing to keep up with the times . . . or do you? Have you made intentional changes for 2010? Do you check in (with your gut, your partners, your books) on a regular basis or just when you feel things could be going better?

Quote of the Month:
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”
—Wernher von Braun, German rocket physicist (1912-1977)

Adrienne Grizzell, MPA, CAE, has a background in marketing and since 1999 has been in association management. She owns Management, Inc. She is very familiar with nonprofit organizations and suggests two sites for you to use as research tools before you donate to any nonprofit group.

http://www.GuideStar.org
http://www.CharityNavigator.org

At these sites you’ll be able to see any given organization’s 990 forms, what they pay their staff and what their expenses are. “Anything less than 25% for administrative costs is a good thing,” said Adrienne.

Quote of the Month:
“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and seeing them gratified.”
— Samuel Johnson, English writer (1709-1784)

Caroline Francis, Alumni Career Development at the University of Kentucky’s James W. Stuckert Career Center, told us about two services the center offers for independent professionals: employer recruitment (even if you aren’t a UK graduate) and alumni career counseling (check with your own alma mater for their offerings).