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Patrick Riccards

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  • Blogger, Eduflack
  • Chief Executive Officer, Driving Force Institute
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Father; nonprofit and advocacy pro; author of best-selling Strategic Strikes and award-winning Dadprovement and Dad in a Cheer Bow books

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Beware The Ever-Expanding Executive Director Job Description

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By Patrick Riccards
| Forbes Verified
Patrick Riccards is CEO of the Driving Force Institute, a nonprofit focused on transforming the teaching and learning of American history. ​We keep hearing how nonprofit organizations are being asked to do more and more with fewer and fewer resources. That federal funding cuts have hit the nonprofit sector hard. That institutional funders are shifting funding priorities on what seems like a monthly basis. That tax laws may have fewer individuals giving mid-sized gifts.
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At 250, Do We Improve or Give Up on our Representative Democracy?

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By Patrick Riccards
| Medium
At 250, Do We Improve or Give Up on our Representative Democracy? Press enter or click to view image in full size SOURCE: Architect of the Capitol When the 56 gathered in Philadelphia 250 years ago, they did not do so in celebration. They joined together at the then Pennsylvania State House knowing that they were committing what could be called an act of treason against the British crown.
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​When Your Former Executive Director Becomes Your Board Chair

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By Patrick Riccards
| Forbes Verified
Patrick Riccards is CEO of the Driving Force Institute, a nonprofit focused on transforming the teaching and learning of American history. “Whatever you do, be sure to keep members of your board out of your day-to-day operations." This was the first piece of significant advice I was given in my first job as CEO of a not-for-profit organization. The challenge would be following that advice. I had an “investor” board that was responsible for about a third of our total revenue.
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