Turning Nonprofit Executive On-Boarding on Its Head
If new executives develop themselves in alignment with the organization’s goals, they will mitigate stress and increase the likelihood of their success.
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Funders Aren’t Investors, They’re Purchasers
Is it accurate or even appropriate for funders to think of themselves as—and act like—investors?
Training for Nonprofits That Sticks? Yes, It’s Possible!
The reason many fail to achieve organizational change is that they focus on preparing leaders to change, rather than actual implementation.
The Challenge of Organizational Learning
A recent study found three common barriers to knowledge sharing across nonprofits and their networks, as well as ways and means to overcome them.
Charity Begins at Home—and That Means Taxes
The nonprofit sector has become infected with the shortsighted, quarter-to-quarter thinking that addles Wall Street.
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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 Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.