April 23, 2015 nonprofit Petershack Why we should care about rapidly changing diversity When we talk about rapidly changing demographics what we are talking about is our nation and communities b...
April 09, 2015 Collaboration Garber merger nonprofit Nonprofit Leadership partnership Collaboration: More Than Just a Buzzword Collaboration is one of those buzzwords you hear in every business meeting. People always want to collaborate, or leverage synergies, or cre...
April 08, 2015 Bower Collaboration nonprofit Nonprofit Leadership The Sky's the Limit!: Collaboration and Your Organization Nonprofit collaborations have proliferated in recent years, both in number and array of collaboration styles. Nonprofits can partner interse...
January 29, 2015 Non-Profit Leadership Non-profits nonprofit Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Sector Why the nonprofit sector is unique Non-profits in America are unique in that they give voice and place to some of society's most extraordinary needs. Nonprofits complete t...
January 29, 2015 Non-profits nonprofit Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Sector Wild 4 Things You Need to Know about the Nonprofit Sector Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philant...
January 28, 2015 Non-profits nonprofit Nonprofit Leadership Nobody Puts Non-Profits in a Corner: Dispelling the Myth of Isolation Between the Three Sectors As busy people, we like to look at things as black and white, divided carefully and completely into separate categories. This thing goes in ...
December 20, 2012 brand communications identity mission nonprofit strategy Mission Statement Winners 2012... and More Its time to wrap up the Third Annual Great Mission Statement Competition. The winner of the Great Mission Statement prize for 2012 is Lit...
September 30, 2012 brand communications identity mission nonprofit organizational development planning strategy Third Annual What's Your Mission? Competition The job of a mission statement is to articulate the essence of why the organization exists. If you dont articulate it, then its very likel...
August 30, 2012 advancement governance nonprofit operations organizational development planning strategy webinars Nonprofit Webinars Season 12 With the passing of Labor Day 2012 we'll be ready to launch the fall season of our free weekly professional development webinars for sta...
June 27, 2012 governance managing change nonprofit organizational development self-assessment strategy Good Tension An informed consensus around mission and the strategic pursuit of it is essential to the effectiveness of a nonprofit. In some areas, howeve...
June 26, 2012 governance managing change nonprofit operations organizational development planning strategy Succession Critical Issues #14: Managing Change will be out tomorrow. One important moment of change in a nonprofit is the transition of an organizati...
June 22, 2012 governance managing change nonprofit organizational development self-assessment strategy SWOT The SWOT (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats) exercise is a stock feature of strategic planning processes. Over 100 comments in a re...
January 04, 2012 nonprofit webinars Announcing the Third Year of Nonprofit Webinars During our eight seasons of nonprofit professional development webinars, 62 presenters have offered 158 free webinars to over 10,000 unique ...
December 30, 2011 brand communications identity mission nonprofit strategy Mission Statement Makeover: Four more entrants This post continues our review of entries in this years mission statement competition (see the previous post and CI#7: On Mission for back...
December 28, 2011 brand communications identity mission nonprofit strategy Mission Statement Makeover: Overview and First Two Examples Lets start with a critical disclaimer: a quick external review can identify ways a mission statement seems to communicate poorly, but it ca...
December 27, 2011 brand communications identity mission nonprofit strategy Second Annual Mission Statement Competition Winner Our four finalists this year exemplify four different approaches to the crafting of a mission statement. Cancer Connection ( dedicated to ...