Ignite Your Board Members’ Passion
Ignite Your Board Members’ Passion is an article written by Joan Garry for The Nonprofit Quarterly . In the article, Garry shares a simple equation for coaching executive directors, which creates a more productive partnership and equips trustees with the enthusiasm and tools they need to become real ambassadors for an organization.
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Recruiting Nonprofit Volunteers: The Landscape of Platforms and Services
Recruiting Nonprofit Volunteers: The Landscape of Platforms and Services is an article written by Chris Bernard for Idealware . The report explains how volunteer opportunities inform recruitment methods, what tools and services are available to organizations of varying sizes and budgets, and how they align with recruiting best practices.
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Should Your CEO Serve as a Board Member?
Should Your CEO Serve as a Board Member? is an article written by Jenifer Holland for BoardSource . The article discusses the many considerations to be explored when asking the question of whether or not a CEO should serve on the board of the very organization they lead.
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Do Nonprofit CEOs and CFOs Occupy a Strategic Space Together? Not Always
Do Nonprofit CEOs and CFOs Occupy a Strategic Space Together? Not Always is an article written by Ruth McCambridge for The Nonprofit Quarterly . The article details the findings of a recent survey in which CEOs and CFOs at nonprofit organizations reveal that they view organizational priorities and challenges somewhat differently.
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Lessons to Be Learned from Well-Meaning but Flawed Governance
Lessons to Be Learned from Well-Meaning but Flawed Governance is an article written for BoardSource . In the article, a well-respected, but anonymous, nonprofit governance expert shares constructive feedback for understanding good governance and adopting good practices to facilitate each board member’s ability to exercise the duty of care.
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Self-Coaching Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders
Self-Coaching Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders is an article written by Jean Lobell, Mohan Sikka and Pavitra Menon for The Nonprofit Quarterly . Using a variety of situations as cases, the article walks the reader through how to best consider options for action through a self-coaching process.
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From Risk Management to Risk Leadership: A Governance Conversation with David O. Renz
From Risk Management to Risk Leadership: A Governance Conversation with David O. Renz is an interview with The Editors and David O. Renz for The Nonprofit Quarterly . In the interview, nonprofit governance expert David Renz points out that it is not enough to “manage” risk; rather, modern nonprofit boards must learn to welcome and become intimate with it, because work in this sector has risk embedded at every level. And while many think of risk in predominantly financial terms, there are any number of risks taken that are born of omission rather than commission.
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High-Impact Volunteer Engagement: Six Factors for Success
High-Impact Volunteer Engagement: Six Factors for Success, an article written by Jackie Hodgson for GrantSpace , identifies six key factors that determine whether a nonprofit is ready to engage skills-based volunteers and why it must first be ready to do so.
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How to Support Effective Dynamics in Nonprofit Executive Teams
How to Support Effective Dynamics in Nonprofit Executive Teams is an article written for The Bridgespan Group . A nonprofit executive team’s effectiveness is essential for an organization’s success, yet often these teams underperform for a variety of reasons. The article lays out five steps that can help nonprofit executive teams move from underperforming to high-performing in their work to advance their organizations’ missions.
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Leading for Mission Results: Connecting Leadership Beliefs with Predictable Changes
Leading for Mission Results: Connecting Leadership Beliefs with Predictable Changes is an article written by Tom Adams and Jeanne Bell for The Nonprofit Quarterly . In the article, Adams and Bell discuss the importance of broadening how leaders think about ways their nonprofit can make a difference, expand a leader’s capacity and speed up change for good.
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