Rethinking the finance committee
This post was inspired by a webinar about Nonprofit Capacity Building that I attended today. The webinar was hosted by NonProfit Quarterly and explored relevant topics such as network leadership,...
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We love designing projects with our clients that connect them to peers who can help address some of the challenges we are working on. Here are a few projects that worked for our clients that might work...
View ArticleSocial enterprise: confused about what it is?
Some days I’m feeling totally confused about what is a social enterprise and what isn’t. It seems to me that we’ve got at least three types of ventures in play when the term “social enterprise” gets...
View ArticleStrategic planning: where to involve your board. Part 1.
There are many ways to develop your nonprofit’s strategic plan. Your plan might be: largely developed by your staff and presented to the board as a recommendation. recommended to the board by a...
View ArticleNonprofit strategic planning: where to involve your board. Part 2.
Previously, I asked this question: Where should your nonprofit board get involved in strategic planning? I shared six factors that I find essential to successful strategic planning: Personal investment...
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Measuring impact like the Gates – redux
Do the words evaluation and measurement strike fear into the heart of your staff and board members? Are they never mentioned, or if mentioned, always put onto the back burner? What if instead of...
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Strategic Planning Practices in High Performing Nonprofits
A 2012 study by the Association for Strategic Planning and the University of Arkansas, Dept of Political Science, sheds light on the strategic planning practices of organizations that define themselves...
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Nonprofit evalution – counting what matters
In the opening talk at the Art of Place-making Conference hosted by WaterFire Providence last week, Anne Gadwa Nicodemus provided an excellent overview of the challenges and possibilities for...
View ArticleNonprofit funding: paid staff associated with meeting goals
I’ve been suggesting for years that a key challenge of most nonprofit organizations in raising funding is that they simply don’t have enough staff working on fundraising. While I’m never shocked, I...
View ArticleBest questions for 2014?
The end of the year is a great time for questions. Albert Einstein once said that if he had just one hour to solve a life-or-death problem, he would spend the first 55 minutes figuring out what...
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