Nonprofit Coach: Joan Garry the "Dear Abby" of Nonprofits Will Help You Succeed

Click here for tedhart.com He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking, Ted Hart and his guests help you maneuver through this economic downturn in the charitable sector to greater levels of efficiency and fundraising success. PAGE 2 GUEST EXPERT: Joan Garry began her career in 1981 as part of the management team that launched MTV. She followed with another successful run as an executive at Showtime Networks. Then, in 1997 Garry was named the executive director of GLAAD, one of the largest gay rights organizations in the U.S. She brings all of this experience to her work as the Principal of Joan Garry Consulting, a boutique firm that helps nonprofits across a wide variety of sectors to untangle strategic knots enabling them to have a clearer path in pursuit of their missions.  Her blog for board and staff leaders of nonprofits reaches 100,000 unique leaders. Joan currently teaches at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania where she teaches Nonprofit Communications Strategy and Media and Social Change. Her book, Joan Garry’s Guide To Nonprofit Leadership (John Wiley and Sons) was published in early 2017 and is already in its second printing. Joan lives in NJ with her wife of 34 years. Joan and Eileen were plaintiffs in a 1993 landmark NJ court case granting a lesbian couple a second parent adoption. Their three grown children all legally have two mothers.