A Former Nonprofit Leader Looks Back on His Career

By Caroline Bermudez

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Notes From a Non-Profitable Life, by Martin C. Lehfeldt, is a series of essays by a former president of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, in Atlanta, that share insights gleaned from a long career spent working for nonprofit organizations. Written in an easy, conversational style, the book dispenses advice in a straightforward, sometimes humorous fashion. One essay, titled "Eschew Obfuscation," is a pointed critique of jargon