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Nonprofit Management

 

Innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders better manage their organization

 

Nonprofits

It Can Be Smart to Dumb Things Down

Keeping your message simple helps mobilize people in support of your goals.

By Doug Hattaway & Jenn Henrichsen | May. 17, 2013
 
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Measuring Social Impact

Measuring to Improve vs. Improving Measurement

From Skoll World Forum 2013: Will new measurement tools such as “big data” be a big distraction or a big opportunity?

By Matthew Forti | 2 | May. 7, 2013
 
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Nonprofits

Should Nonprofits Act Like Businesses or People?

Community-focused approaches disrupting the nonprofit sector.

By Amy Sample Ward | 5 | Apr. 10, 2013
 

Technology & Design

From Politics to Public Policy: Part 4

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part four: ten key takeaways.

By The Joyce Foundation | Apr. 9, 2013
 
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Technology & Design

From Politics to Public Policy: Part 3

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part three: Embrace the change.


By Michael Slaby | Apr. 9, 2013
 

Technology & Design

From Politics to Public Policy: Part 2

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part two: Do what you’re already doing, better.

By Patrick Ruffini | 1 | Apr. 9, 2013
 

Technology & Design

From Politics to Public Policy: Part 1

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part one: digital tools for nonprofits.

By Ellen S. Alberding | Apr. 9, 2013
 

Nonprofit Management

Persistent Poverty in a Smug Meritocracy

A response to Dan Pallotta’s TED Talk on nonprofit executives’ pay.

 
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Nonprofit Management

Steps to Successful Performance Management

Practical advice to help organizations implement results-focused performance management—part two of a two-part series.

By David E. K. Hunter | Mar. 19, 2013
 
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Nonprofit Management

Getting Out from Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Why organizations need to build capacities to manage performance, and how they can develop a “theory of change” to do so—part one of a two-part series.

By David E. K. Hunter | Mar. 19, 2013