Putting Systems Change in Place
An excerpt from Connected to Place on applying systems change principles to place-based initiatives
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Nonprofits & NGOs Innovative ideas to help leaders of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations work more effectively
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Building Trust Through Data Accountability
A values-driven, accountable approach to data isn't optional—it's essential.
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Community Data Is Trusted Evidence
Why our overreliance on dominant data is failing communities and how community data provides a solution.
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The Urgent Need for Data Equity, Justice, and Sovereignty
Transforming civic data in the United States is essential to improve our collective health and well-being.
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The Seduction of Nonprofit Mission Creep
An excerpt from The Nonprofit Crisis on why nonprofits should resist the lure to extend their reach
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
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 Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.