Nonprofit Management Institute Resources
Below you will find links, materials and resources for the 2009 Nonprofit Management Institute,
conducted by the world’s leading experts and professors from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Session 1: Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Chip Heath, Thrive Foundation for Youth Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Session 2: New Paths to Social Innovation
Kriss Deiglmeier, Executive Director, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business
“Rediscovering Social Innovation.” James A. Phills Jr., Kriss Deiglmeier, & Dale T. Miller.
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2008
Session 3: Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
William Foster, Partner and Head of Boston Office, Bridgespan Group
Link to Conference Presentation
Link to Bridgespan Website
“How Nonprofits Get Really Big.” William Foster & Gail Fine.
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2007
“Money to Grow On.” William Foster.
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2008
“Ten Nonprofit Funding Models.” William Landes Foster, Peter Kim & Barbara Christiansen.
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009
Session 4: Leading the New Volunteer Workforce
Robert T. Grimm Jr., Director, Research and Policy Development, Senior Counselor to the CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service Susannah Washburn, Senior Advisor, Corporation for National and Community Service
“The New Volunteer Workforce.” David Eisner, Robert T. Grimm Jr., Shannon Maynard, & Susannah Washburn.
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2009
Session 5: Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations
Hayagreeva Rao, Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Stanford Graduate School of Business
An interview with Stanford Professor Hayagreeva Rao, author of “Market Rebels”:
“How Markets Are Made and Broken by Social Activists.”
Stanford Business Magazine, Autumn 2009
Session 6: Partnering in Tough Times: Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit Organizations
David La Piana, Founder and President, La Piana Consulting
Handout for the Conference
Description of “Ready, Set, Parent!”, a joint programming effort of EPIC-Every Person Influences Children and Baker Victory Services in Buffalo, New York.
Description of the Administration Consolidation of the Hunter Museum of American Art, the Creative Discovery Museum, and the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Frequently Asked Questions about nonprofit partnerships and strategic restructuring
Publications on strategic restructuring and other nonprofit strategies
Session 7: Beyond 2009: Emerging Trends in Philanthropy in an Era of Economic Dislocation
Peter deCourcy Hero, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, California Institute of Technology
Link to Conference Presentation
Session 8: Social Change with a Network Mindset
Heather McLeod Grant, Consultant, Monitor Institute
Link to Heather’s Website
“Creating High-Impact Nonprofits.” Heather McLeod Grant & Leslie R. Crutchfield.
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2007
