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Foundations

“Nothing About Us Without Us” Approach Transforms Foster Care in Florida

By understanding what beneficiaries think works and doesn’t work, foundations and nonprofits can provide better programs.

 
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Nonprofit Management

Measuring Leadership Development

To avoid measuring and funding leadership development is to deprive the social sector of one of its greatest performance improvement tools.

By Matthew Forti | 2 | Nov. 21, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Richard Tait is a principal at The Mission Driven Innovation Group.

Fundraising

The Importance of Earned Income in Your Funding Model

While earned income currently may not play a big role in your funding picture today, it’s well worth exploring.

By Richard Tait | 1 | Nov. 7, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Rich Tafel is the CEO and founder of Public Squared, a social entrepreneur training company.

Nonprofit Management

Justice Begins within the Social Entrepreneur Organization

Social change organizations should focus on creating a just organizational culture for themselves before bringing about global justice.

By Rich Tafel | 15 | Nov. 2, 2011
 

Measuring Social Impact

Making Money: A Bonus of Measuring to Improve Performance

Measurement can attract money. A nonprofit that can demonstrate results and improvement is more inviting to potential donors than one that can’t.

By Matthew Forti & Peter Kim | 1 | Oct. 24, 2011
 
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Nonprofit Management

Five Investments You Can Skip

The nonprofit sector wastes an insane amount of time implementing best practices that have painfully low return on investment.

By Aaron Hurst | 11 | Oct. 19, 2011
 
SSIR blogger John Brothers the Principal of Cuidiu Consulting, a Senior Fellow in executive leadership with the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, and an adjunct professor at New York University’s Wagner School for Public Service.

Nonprofit Management

Government Nonprofit Policy—How Much More Can the Sector Take?

Now there is a focus on nonprofit executive pay at the state level. Government has routinely picked battles with the nonprofit sector.

By John Brothers | 1 | Oct. 6, 2011
 
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Nonprofit Management

“Oops, I Failed Again”

Face-to-face conversations among CEOs reminds and reassures them that that failure is, in fact, the norm and does not preclude success.

By Aaron Hurst | 7 | Oct. 4, 2011
 
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Nonprofit Management

Three Nonprofit Hiring Mistakes to Avoid

For one client, four successive poor hires for one mid-level position had profound consequences on its scorecard.

By Curtis Chang | Sep. 29, 2011
 
SSIR blogger John Brothers the Principal of Cuidiu Consulting, a Senior Fellow in executive leadership with the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, and an adjunct professor at New York University’s Wagner School for Public Service.

Nonprofits

If We Could Build the Nonprofit Sector from Scratch, What Would It Look Like?

Last year I had the opportunity of working with an NGO effort in Trinidad and Tobago to launch an organization that would build the capacity of NGOs.

By John Brothers | 11 | Aug. 29, 2011