Measuring Leadership Development
To avoid measuring and funding leadership development is to deprive the social sector of one of its greatest performance improvement tools.
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Governing Innovation
New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.
The Seven Patterns of Nonprofit Digital Teams
What we’ve seen across all organizations, regardless of size, is that digital teams are the biggest predictor of online effectiveness.
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.
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Capital for Early Stage Innovation
Representatives from various investment firms explain the medical innovation funding landscape, and advise early stage innovators with creative ways to navigate these complexities.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle
Funders must take the lead in breaking a vicious cycle that is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Ethics and Nonprofits
Unethical behavior remains a persistent problem in nonprofits and for-profits alike. To help organizations solve that problem, the authors examine the factors that influence moral conduct, the ethical issues that arise specifically in charitable organizations, and the best ways to promote ethical behavior within organizations.