Making Money: A Bonus of Measuring to Improve Performance
Measurement can attract money. A nonprofit that can demonstrate results and improvement is more inviting to potential donors than one that can’t.
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An Idea That Spreads: Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance
It is critical that high-performing organizations learn how to tell authentic stories about their impact.
Five Investments You Can Skip
The nonprofit sector wastes an insane amount of time implementing best practices that have painfully low return on investment.
What the New Facebook Changes Mean for Nonprofits
Use of Facebook (or any other social media platform) should be guided by a larger strategy with goals that further your organization's mission.
Social Media: Four Reasons Why Donors Should Take The Leap
Many donors have also realized that social media can help them become significantly more effective in pursuit of their philanthropic goals.
Four Models for Managing Digital at Your Organization
The right structure and leadership for digital at your organization will impact your performance more than any other digital initiative.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Digital Team
When an organization's external digital presence is inconsistent or incoherent, this is nearly always a symptom of deeper internal structural problems.
Nonprofit Mergers: Are You Negotiating with the Right Party?
When deciding to merge with another nonprofit, you must take into account the other organization's management.
“Oops, I Failed Again”
Face-to-face conversations among CEOs reminds and reassures them that that failure is, in fact, the norm and does not preclude success.
Three Nonprofit Hiring Mistakes to Avoid
For one client, four successive poor hires for one mid-level position had profound consequences on its scorecard.