Going Lean
Supplements to the article “The Promise of Lean Experimentation.”
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The Promise of Lean Experimentation
By adopting a model from business, nonprofit organizations can launch, test, and implement new programs and services more efficiently. Includes magazine extras.
The Wall Street Takeover of Nonprofit Boards
Financiers represent a growing percentage of board members at some of America’s most prestigious nonprofits, resulting in poorer governance.
They Light a Spark
The catalysts of innovation are almost as rare, and almost as essential, as those who get credit for new ideas.
What Holds Women Back?
In the nonprofit sector, occupational segregation can adversely affect women’s chances of moving into managerial positions.
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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.
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 Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector
More nonprofits are managing their brands to create greater impact and organizational cohesion.
What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.