Influence Without Authority?
Focusing on other people is something that comes naturally to many nonprofit practitioners. What’s harder for us is asking for help when we need it.
Focusing on other people is something that comes naturally to many nonprofit practitioners. What’s harder for us is asking for help when we need it.
A call for openness and innovation between organizations and volunteers.
To produce good outcomes, social entrepreneurs must learn how to articulate their values consistently and act on them.
We must not allow skin-deep, compliance-driven transparency to become an acceptable substitute for values-driven, culturally ingrained efforts.
With a much talked about leadership gap on the horizon, we need to support the developing group of new leaders.
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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.
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.
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.
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.