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The nonprofit world has long been thought of as a bastion for the selfless. It’s often seen as the sector to work in if you’re more interested in giving than receiving, because – so the prevailing wisdom goes – there’s not as much profit in it as other sectors, financially or professionally. But according to a new study, that view may change – because smart nonprofits are starting to take leadership development very seriously.
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In an interview with Marc J. Epstein, coauthor of the new book titled Measuring and Improving Social Impacts: A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies, and Impact Investors, we discussed the origins of the book, the role of data collection and analysis in measuring impact, contribution versus attribution, and much more. Marc J. [...]
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The role of donors in building broad social ecosystems for scaling up social innovations, particularly in the developing world.
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This article aims to be a summary of the very basic orientation that I propose for social change. I start from the classic division of human society in three basic aspects: civil society, the private sector, and the state. Via jean lievens
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CBI on Monday raised a question mark on NGOs in the country, informing the Supreme Court that of the more than 22 lakh NGOs in various states, less than 10% had filed their balance sheets on grants received and their expenditures with the...
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It’s high time we stopped giving large, well-funded and powerful NGOs a free pass and subject their agendas and their funding sources to the same scrutiny as we would any interest group such as an industry lobby.
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The nonprofit leadership literature recommends that every nonprofit organization have a comprehensive crisis management plan, but it has little focus on risk. Perhaps nonprofit boards are too risk averse and are really unable to maximize their resour...
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There is a wealth of nonprofit talent available to tap as you look to rebuild capacity and recover from the recession. Go to where the talented people are and especially to where those people are volunteering...
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Why leadership development takes courage but is the best investment a nonprofit can make.
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Nepal NGOs, Nepali scholars, Telegraph national, NGO Classification, NGO social organization, NGO definition, NGO Conceptualized, Samajik Sewa Ain
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For-profit executives use business models—such as "low-cost provider" or "the razor and the razor blade"—as a shorthand way to describe the way companies are built and sustained. Nonprofit executives are not as explicit about their funding models and have not had an equivalent lexicon—until now.
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How a global NGO has fought extreme poverty using a formula that mixes pragmatic incrementalism and practical idealism with pop culture.
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Last month, the Nonprofit Finance Fund released its annual State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey. The survey -- featuring a user-friendly interactive analyzer and results outreach kit, among other h...
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In a recent study of 772 for-profit and nonprofit directors from around the world, McKinsey & Company found that 25% of the sample assessed their board impact as moderate or low, "... while others reported having a high impact across bo...
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Women need to be equal partners in society for them to be equal partners in work.
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As wealth becomes concentrated in fewer hands, so does political and social power via foundations and non-profits.
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LinkedIn launched in 2003, Facebook launched in 2004, and Twitter launched in 2006. Now more than a decade into the Social Web, the use of social networks still continues to grow worldwide and will...
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The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan.
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Message from Satyarthi's Nobel: activism must necessarily be anti-establishment, says Shekhar Gupta
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Insights from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on what makes influence effective.
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For any nonprofit organization, results start with a strong strategic principle—a shared objective about what the organization wants to accomplish
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(Photo credit: Global Fund for Women. Musimbi Kanyoro, Jacki Zehner, Hillary Rodham Clinton)There are literally millions of non-profit organizations in the world, and over 1.5 million in the United
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Many philanthropists know they need to adapt their strategies in changing times—the question is where to anchor and what to flex.
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The nonprofit world has long been thought of as a bastion for the selfless. It’s often seen as the sector to work in if you’re more interested in giving than receiving, because – so the prevailing wisdom goes – there’s not as much profit in it as other sectors, financially or professionally. But according to a new study, that view may change – because smart nonprofits are starting to take leadership development very seriously.
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Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 15, 2014 -- Fixing long-standing issues critical to delivering value for taxpayers, according to National Council of Nonprofits.
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Due to the incredible response we received the last time we brought together leading nonprofit experts to share their best fundraising insights, we decided to
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