An Executive Director’s Guide to Financial Leadership
There is a world of difference between financial management and financial leadership. Refocusing a nonprofit’s approach fiscal sustainability and agility is essential. Outlined in this expert guide are such activities as transforming annual budget analysis, deciding whether or not income diversification is appropriate, achieving a robust reserve, and equipping the board for effective financial governance.
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Cash Flow in the Nonprofit Business Model: A Question of Whats and Whens
Cash Flow in the Nonprofit Business Model: A Question of Whats and Whens is an article written by Hilda H. Polanco and John Summers for The Nonprofit Quarterly . The article discusses how cash flow impacts—and is impacted by—the way a nonprofit does business. Polanco and Summers also discuss the number one critical component of any business: day-to-day liquidity.
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Top Factors Expected to Influence Nonprofit Organizations In 2019
Top Factors Expected to Influence Nonprofit Organizations In 2019 is an article written for Forbes Nonprofit Council . While it isn’t possible to perfectly predict the exact factors that will impact nonprofit organizations in 2019, those with experience in the industry have some informed ideas. In the article, nonprofit leaders each share the top three factors they expect to influence or change the way nonprofits function this year.
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What Will Nonprofits Look Like In 2025? Nine Experts Weigh In
What Will Nonprofits Look Like In 2025? Nine Experts Weigh In is an article written for Forbes Nonprofit Council . In the article, a panel of Forbes Nonprofit Council members identify which factors they believe will influence or change the way an organization functions over the next several years.
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A New Paradigm for Nonprofit Measurement
A New Paradigm for Nonprofit Measurement is an article written for Stanford Social Innovation Review . The article, accompanied by a video, discusses how the process of collecting feedback from constituents provides a much needed third dimension to nonprofit measurement practice.
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Building 2019 Based On Headaches Of 2018
Building 2019 Based On Headaches Of 2018 is an article written for The NonProfit Times . The article discusses how to best burn away the prior year’s most difficult events in the nonprofit sector, and how to safely open the door to the new year.
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Evaluation with the End in Mind
Evaluation with the End in Mind is an article written by Ann W. St. Claire and Barbara A. Schillo for Stanford Social Innovation Review . In the article, St. Claire and Schillo discuss the importance of evaluation as well as how to best utilize it to drive progress toward end goals.
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How To Successfully And Sustainably Scale Your Nonprofit
How To Successfully And Sustainably Scale Your Nonprofit is an article written by Eric Griswold for Forbes Nonprofit Council . In the article, Griswold defines what it means to scale” and identifies some areas the management team or board of directors should focus on to effectively scale a nonprofit.
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Key Strategies to Measure the Impact of Your Organization
Key Strategies to Measure the Impact of Your Organization is an article written by Laurel Molloy for GrantSpace . The article discusses the challenges of measuring impact as well as the importance of doing so.
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Nonprofit Standard Newsletter – Winter 2018
Nonprofit Standard Newsletter – Winter 2018, a publication from BDO, provides readers with a number of articles focusing on key trends in the nonprofit industry. This particular edition includes articles on innovation, generational workforce changes, and running a nonprofit with a for-profit vision.
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