One of the compelling ideas to come out of NBOA's Spectrum Project Report is that leadership, plain and simple, quite often makes the difference between a high-performing independent school and all others. The report, wh
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Here's a litmus test on online and blended learning in independent schools: Do you consider technology a tool that brings individuals together or keeps them apart?
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CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Risk Management
Sometimes our busiest times are also our best times for breaking out of routines. This is apparent to me now, as I (like all of you) merge into the jam-packed agenda of the new school year. Two weeks ago, while speaking
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CEO Notebook
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Communication
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Technology
At the 2011 NBOA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Michael Horn wowed hundreds of business officers with provocative predictions about technology's imminent impact on the delivery of education at independent schools. Y
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Human Resources
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Membership
As summer ends, I find myself thinking about the school year ahead and, by association, the NBOA year ahead. More than the programs, webinars and new initiatives NBOA will undertake, I'm struck by a significant detail of
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I have been surprisingly moved by the loss of Robin Williams. While my personal favorite performance was the Genie in Aladdin, I was most inspired by his 1989 role in Dead Poets Society. His character, English teacher Jo
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Culture
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Risk Management
Last month I attended the NACUBO Annual Meeting in Seattle. It was a coming home of sorts, as I worked for the association for nearly a decade before joining NBOA. Besides re-connecting with former colleagues and friends
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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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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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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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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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