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Arlington Arts Center names next Executive Director

We are happy to share that the Board of Directors of the Arlington Arts Center (AAC) has announced the selection of Catherine Anchin as its next Executive Director following a national executive search led by Carlyn Madden and Kessa Thompson of Good Insight. She begins

HumanitiesDC seeks next Executive Director

Good Insight has been retained by HumanitiesDC (HDC) to conduct a national search for its next Executive Director. Founded in 1980, HDC has a mission to enrich the quality of life, foster intellectual stimulation, and promote cross-cultural understanding and the appreciation of local history for

5 Practices To Recruit Racially Diverse Nonprofit Leaders

Diversity is about more than just checking a box. Nonprofit leaders are reexamining how they embed their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion into their operations. Over the past few months, current and past clients have reached out to Good Insight to discuss how to

Arlington Arts Center seeks next Executive Director

Good Insight has been retained by the Arlington Arts Center (AAC) to conduct a national search for its next Executive Director. Since 1974, AAC has served as a premiere destination for contemporary visual arts for the Washington metropolitan area. AAC’s mission is to enrich community

Good Insight: A Year in Review

Right before leaving my office on December 31st last year, I shook a Magic 8 ball I kept at my desk. “Will my business grow next year?” I asked it.  “Outlook Good,” it replied. While 2020 was a hard year by every definition, my family

Good Insight Welcomes New Talent Acquisition Specialist

We are pleased to introduce the newest member of the Good Insight team, Kessa R. Thompson. As Talent Acquisition Specialist, Kessa works with our clients to design comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract a diverse pool of talented applicants to each search for senior leaders. She

Adapting Recruitment Strategies to COVID-19 (Part I)

Good Insight helps nonprofits recruit talented senior leaders and strengthen their boards. Since the onset of the pandemic, we’ve continued to support clients to navigate subtle and significant changes to the nonprofit executive search field.   This is the first in a two-part blog series to

Board Giving Webinar featuring Thread Strategies

In late October, Good Insight hosted a free webinar on board giving with our CEO Carlyn Madden and Tracy Shaw, a Principal Consultant at Thread Strategies, a Washington, DC-based fundraising consulting firm. In their session, Carlyn and Tracy shared about developing effective board giving strategies,