For Collaboration Geeks: The Lodestar Database on Collaboration Models Is Up and Running!
A new database resource offers nonprofit leaders the chance to search and explore successful collaboration strategies already being used in the field.
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TED Prizewinner and Chef Jamie Oliver: Food Revolutionary?
Recent TED Prize winner, chef Jamie Oliver, has a goal to change the way Americans look at food and fight the growing trend of childhood obesity.
Five Ways to Emerge as a Nonprofit Leader
Passing the torch of nonprofit directing from one generation to the next must involve five behaviors that encourage emergence leadership.
Correlations Between Being a Great Teacher and Being a Great Nonprofit
Teach for America compiled a list of the central characteristics of a good teacher, many of which are similar to those found in great nonprofits.
Recession Pushing Nonprofits Back to Basics
With national charity declining, nonprofits must return their focus to fundraising and giving.
Podcast
Chip Heath - Nonprofit Management and Making Change
Those in nonprofit management constantly adapt to move their organizations forward. In this audio lecture sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Chip Heath, Stanford professor and coauthor of the book Switch, provides a framework for change. He demonstrates in case studies that three principles are involved in successful change, whether it be on the personal or societal front. Leaders in nonprofit management are called to attune to these principles when tackling change situations.
Bay Area Social Entrepreneurs Talk Funding
A Bay Area gathering for nonprofits encourages discussion on collective challenges and opportunities, especially in the realm of funding and budgeting.
28 Days of Black Nonprofit Leaders: Erica Hunt
In honor of Black History Month, this blog will highlight 28 black nonprofit leaders who are working to make our world a better and more hopeful place for generations to come.
Podcast
Tom Tierney - Pursuing Social Enterprise, Making a Difference
When you begin to wonder - Am I in the right job? - it may be time to try social enterprise on for size. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Tom Tierney shares how he threw caution - and a big salary - to the wind when he first decided to found the Bridgespan Group. He talks about his challenges, fears, and ultimately, triumphs in establishing this organization dedicated to helping nonprofits and philanthropy achieve breakthrough results.
Internet Exchange Rates
New media broadened exposure, but greater passivity reduced the currency unit of each view. How do we understand those units?