Governance
A Roadmap to Better Boards
It’s time for nonprofits to recognize that diverse groups are more innovative and better performing, and to apply that insight to their organizations’ governing bodies.
Tag: Nonprofit Management
Social Enterprise
Small Business Today, Social Enterprise Tomorrow
Communities and the social sector both stand to gain when nonprofits acquire existing for-profits.
Advocacy
Beyond Command-and-Control Campaigns
Many see distributed, directed-network campaigning as the unique domain of small advocacy groups, but the approach has generated impressive results for established organizations as well.
Collaboration
What Does the Public Think About Cross-sector Collaboration?
Insights gleaned from focus groups exploring the public’s views of cross-sector collaboration can help practitioners better communicate their work.
Social Enterprise
Building a Financially Sustainable Social Enterprise in Emerging Markets
Six lessons on achieving financial independence in a resource-constrained era.
Measurement & Evaluation
How Nonprofits Can Drive Healthy Growth Using SROI
Social return on investment is an underutilized yet surprisingly flexible tool for making strong resource allocation decisions that maximize nonprofit impact.
Nonprofits & NGOs
A Teachable Moment from the LGBTQ Movement for the Nonprofit Sector
Understanding the intersections between racism and anti-LGBTQ bias is an important next step not only for the LGBTQ movement, but for the nonprofit sector overall.
Collaboration
Collaborating after the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Following the largest single act of social media fundraising, the ALS Association was faced with a “good crisis”—and a big challenge.
Design Thinking
Design Thinking as a Turnaround Tool
Changing an organization’s vision and culture takes a long time and tremendous commitment, but design thinking can help lead the way.
Organizational Development
The Art of Unleashing Talent
Three landmark blunders in recruiting and retaining social enterprise talent—and how to avoid them.