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Margaret Neale - Myths and Truths About Negotiation

Everything you've ever assumed about the correct way to negotiate is, well, probably wrong. So says negotiation expert Margaret Neale at Stanford during the 2007 Nonprofit Management Institute. In this audio lecture, she explores many of the beliefs that surround negotiation "best practices" in an attempt to distinguish the reality from wishful (or wrong-headed) thinking. This talk will add to your understanding about negotiation, and give you tools to respond effectively in your next negotiation challenge.

The Funding Gap

By Michael Chertok, Jeff Hamaoui, & Eliot Jamison

Social enterprises combine the best of the nonprofit and for-profit worlds, but that very innovation has made it difficult for them to raise money. Philanthropists are reluctant to give grants to profit-making organizations, and commercial investors are wary of investing in organizations that are driven by a social mission. The authors explore the social enterprise capital market and offer short- and long-term solutions to this funding gap.

Meet Your Match

By Alana Conner

Matching grants work – but not for everyone.

Growing Pains

By Chris McGarry

New research suggests that the fate of start-up nonprofits is highly dependent on their acquisition of stable funding sources, particularly public funds

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Andy Goodman - Storytelling for Good Causes

When nonprofits set out to look for funding they usually start with a PowerPoint presentation and hard-to-articulate data about the issue they are trying to address. In this audio lecture, Andy Goodman argues that all they have to do is tell a story. Goodman addresses social innovators over the age of 60. His ambition is nothing less than to inspire the generation of baby boomers to contribute their experience to a better world.

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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models

By William Landes Foster, Peter Kim & Barbara Christiansen 79

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.

Centering Equity in Collective Impact

By John Kania, Junious Williams, Paul Schmitz, Sheri Brady, Mark Kramer & Jennifer Splansky Juster 2

A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.

Measuring Social Value

By Geoff Mulgan 7

Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.

Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities

By James Ozden 3

To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.

Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding

By Cheryl Dorsey, Peter Kim, Cora Daniels, Lyell Sakaue & Britt Savage 6

Racial bias creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process. The result is that nonprofits led by people of color receive less money than those led by whites, and philanthropy ends up reinforcing the very social ills it says it is trying to overcome.

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