Net Promoter Mania
Introducing a corporate measurement strategy to the social sector presents a variety of potential uses and associated practices.
Governance - Most Popular
New ideas for building stronger, more engaged boards of directors and other governing bodies (more)
Social Sector Peer Evaluation: A Proposal
Imagine a new nonprofit board governance practice where organizations engaged peers to assess their work.
How to Organize Alliances of Multiple Organizations: Part 2
A governance structure for networks seeking to achieve collective impact.
How to Organize Alliances of Multiple Organizations: Part 1
A governance structure for large networks of organizations seeking to achieve collective impact.
A Holiday Gift for Your Board: A Refreshed Dashboard
Refresh your dashboard to better inform your board's decisions.
How Not to Handle Succession in the Arts
The most effective bosses wear their power lightly, in cooperation rather than in conflict with the artists they mean to be serving.
Why Do New York City Board Members Give More?
Why do board cultures vary so much by geography, and how can we help bring the best of them to all cities?
Cuomo Orders Review of Nonprofit Compensation
What needs to be under public scrutiny is the entire range of unfettered discretion in spending that some nonprofit executives—and their boards—exercise.
What If Funders Really Acted Like Purchasers?
The funder-as-purchaser model offers new frameworks to spur new thinking and advancements in the nonprofit sector.
Looking Beyond the Surface: Ten Pieces of Practical Advice on Due Diligence
Ten due diligence practices for would-be funders who are in the process of sizing up a philanthropic opportunity.