Nonprofits & NGOs
The Power of Multigenerational Teams in the Social Sector
How second careers for older adults can help nonprofit workplaces age-integrate and benefit from multigenerational mentoring.
Tag: Nonprofit Management
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership
In the face of increasingly pressing systemic inequities, nonprofit boards must change the traditional ways they have worked and instead prioritize an organization's purpose, show respect for the ecosystem in which they operate, commit to equity, and recognize that power must be authorized by the people they're aiming to help.
Philanthropy & Funding
Building Indigenous Power in Philanthropy
While allies and advisors are important in our work, it’s more important to support and develop our own Indigenous power, leadership, and decision-making.
Leadership
Voluntarism and Unselfish Leadership
Selfless behavior of key individuals is critical to the development of local institutions for self-governance.
Nonprofits & NGOs
SSIR’s 2020 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including nonprofit management, the future of capitalism, technology trends in social movements, and the rich history of Black philanthropy.
Nonprofits & NGOs
SSIR Online, Winter 2021 Issue
Links to all of SSIR's online-only articles published the past three months, with editors' notes about standout pieces on menstrual health, virtual events, and the downside to an overly positive organizational culture.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Membership Programs for Nonprofits
What NGOs can learn from the private sector about increasing earned income for sustainable recurring growth.
Leadership
Leadership Transition During a Pandemic
Even in uncertain times and with leadership in flux, nonprofits can recalibrate and make progress.
Leadership
When Moving a Nonprofit Forward Means Altering the Founder’s Course
Leaders who succeed founders sometimes need to work against expectations of them and chart a fundamentally new path toward change, even while keeping the original vision in mind.
Leadership
Recap of the 2020 Nonprofit Management Institute
This year's NMI on innovative social sector responses to the COVID-19 crisis featured conversations on organizational resiliency, capitalism, American identity, racial justice, personal well-being, Indigenous communities, and many other topics.