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Being a Digital-First Leader
The adoption of new technology requires nonprofit leaders to embrace humility and nurture a flexible and adaptive culture. Part of a series produced with the support of Salesforce.
Tag: Nonprofit Management
Measurement & Evaluation
Is the Venture Model Leading Us Astray When it Comes to Social Impact?
Six must-ask questions to drive impact at scale for judges of social enterprise pitch competitions.
Scaling
Four Mindsets That Accelerate Nonprofit Growth
A reflection on how a set of strategies related to target-setting, financial modeling, program measurement, and organizational culture helped one organization reach a major milestone.
Measurement & Evaluation
Smart Decision-Making
The social sector is drowning in evidence-based research but more often than not fails to use it effectively. Bridging the divide requires a more holistic approach to decision-making. A feature story from the Spring 2020 issue.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Beware the Perfectly Average Nonprofit
Typical capacity building focuses on fixing nonprofits' weaknesses. It instead should start with the premise that every organization has core strengths on which it can build.
Philanthropy & Funding
A ‘Balancing Test’ for Foundation Spending
Instead of plugging numbers into a traditional formula, taking another look at foundation spending policies is an opportunity for an engaged board to grapple with central strategic questions.
Leadership
Lessons From the Front Line for Nonprofit CEO Successions
Boards typically aren’t prepared to replace their chief executive. But new research shows this doesn’t have to be the case.
Excerpt
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Keys to Nonprofit Management
In this excerpt from the introduction of Nonprofit Management 101, CNN’s Van Jones outlines critical insights into how he finds success in management.
Nonprofits & NGOs
New Year’s Resolutions for Leaders of Social Change
A list of SSIR articles to help your team define and achieve its goals for doing better in 2020.
Scaling
Big Enough. Simple Enough. Cheap Enough.
Daunting social problems need scalable solutions. Here’s how to know if you’ve got one.