NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last year's 2022 fellows reported a 52% increase in their board governance knowledge and skills after completing the program. This program is an opportunity to immerse myself in comprehensive board governance training, allowing me to be more impactful while doing so in a nonprofit board setting.”

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Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 246

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

Between coordinating busy schedules and deciding on agenda items, it’s often difficult for nonprofit boards to be truly productive. Here’s how board portal software like BoardSite can help your nonprofit’s board be more productive and successful and follow good governance practices.

Production 102

Production Nonprofit governance and management Governance Nonprofits 102

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The board retreat design always comes from thinking about how the group can spend the time together in the most productive and worthwhile way possible. We guide the group to productively deepen our connections to one another, the organization’s mission, and the changes that the organization is working toward. . Get in touch. .

Production 106

Production Governance Collaborations Communication 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Research reveals how inter-organizational collaborations for social impact often run into structural or governance issues like power asymmetries or a focus on the wrong metric of success. Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when organizations come together to tackle social and environmental challenges.

Culture 105

Culture Environmental Collaborations Social Enterprise 105

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 16, 2021

To enhance the effectiveness of green marketing, consider hiring professionals that have already collaborated with eco-friendly companies. Make Green Collaborations with Big Industry Players. These could be nonprofits, government initiatives, green communities, etc. . Encourage your Employees to Go Green.

Marketing 140

Marketing Marketing Environmental Participation and motivation 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Most importantly, without farmers producing reliable, high-quality agricultural products, businesses across the apparel, food, and other industrial sectors will quite simply fail.

Agriculture 102

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 102

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2021

Whether it’s CRM products and websites for fundraising, outreach, advocacy and event management, or back office infrastructure for day-to-day operations and everything in between, the list of functions and choices is seemingly endless and growing by the day. HAVING tech is not the same as USING and MANAGING tech. . Who’s got your back?

Nonprofit governance and management 145

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Production Nonprofits 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

And while governments and private organizations have initiated transitions through a first wave of limited interventions, these market shifts are happening too slowly to reduce emissions at a pace that would limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Not all market-shaping initiatives in global health were successful, of course.

Finance 106

Finance Health Governance Manufacturing 106

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

We garnered new financial support for our “big bettable” proposals and built our organizations to match that moment: opening offices in new locations, employing larger teams, and expanding relationships with governments in order to serve many more people. And yet, nobody told us that the chargers were missing.

Nonprofit governance and management 112

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Health Finance 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2024

To fill in that gap, we’ve put together a reading list of some of our favorite SSIR articles from over the years, on where leadership has been and where it’s going, all across the social sector: from a practice centered on heroic, charismatic individual leaders to something more communal, collaborative, and cross-sectoral.

Leadership 123

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Ethics Nonprofit Leadership 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Confusion occurs within corporations, too: imagine the regional manager of a bottling plant for a multinational corporation, responsible for reporting on key ESG metrics to one division within its company but also needing to work with innovation and product development teams, from another division, that need to start designing with ESG in mind.

Social Enterprise 128

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Governance 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. billion (about $1 billion) in 2020, while government spending was SGD 36.6 billion (about $1 billion) in 2020, while government spending was SGD 36.6

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 114

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Gary McGeough from Bristol Organizations Committed Team Players, Capable of Collaborating Effectively I seek individuals who are genuinely passionate about our mission and show a strong belief in our values and goals. That would not have been possible without dedicated, active board members.

Ethics 104

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 104

Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But before receiving funds, you need to show you’re legally registered, governed by a board, and have solid financial management policies. In 2023, Candid completed our first external SOC 2 audit, a collaborative effort across our administrative teams. On top of that, there’s a lengthy contract to review and sign.

Culture 105

Culture Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Also, because successful collaborations with local actors benefited all collaborators, one success bred another, creating a chain reaction of more local bricolage that extended the ventures’ duration. As a result, the ventures’ growth was not fast, but steady and durable.

Entrepreneurship 130

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. Solugen is currently constructing a commercial biomanufacturing facility to scale production—and it is just one of many innovators in this market.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 117

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They move at the speed of trust, and trust is built through engagement, collaboration, and pursuing their triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit. In the early days of digital transformation, the primary focus was improving products, processes, and employee relations. The answer is not simple. Cooperatives are unique animals.

Retail 122

Retail Technology Production Agriculture 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The CLIMA Fund , a collaboration across four public foundations supporting tens of thousands of grassroots groups advancing climate justice solutions, has learned a lot about the diverse and powerful ways grassroots movements create scaled impact. Relationships. Relationships and connectivity are the lifeblood of movement building.

Agriculture 127

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 127

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 3, 2023

billion, accounting for 10% of the Gross State Product. With new leadership at each of the organizations, the CEOs of these organizations decided to come together to create better avenues of communication and collaboration. This limits innovation, collaboration, and even potential merger opportunities.

Associations 112

Associations Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

The implication is that we need to approach social change not like we are seeking a silver bullet, but rather in search of collaborative principles that allow different people power strategies to coexist and stimulate productive change together. Central Coordination In 2015 and 2016, GetUp! However, GetUp!

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Medical 123

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A recent study found that employee-owned businesses, defined as employee ownership of at least 30 percent of business shares, which all employees having access to owning, are more productive, grow faster, and are less likely to go out of business than non-employee-owned businesses.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For instance, interventions aimed at unlocking labor demand might spur entry of new firms—by catalyzing pioneer firms or attracting foreign direct investment in new industries —or accelerate the productivity and growth of existing firms by limiting regulatory burdens or supporting them on management practices and export facilitation.

Manufacturing 128

Manufacturing Education Education Foundations 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

While organizations like the China Disabled Persons’ Federation aim to support the rights and interests of disabled individuals through assistance obtaining welfare subsidies and other services, only the most severely disabled individuals qualify for government financial aid.

Nonprofit governance and management 104

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 104

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash Maya Etienne is co-executive director of Calumet Collaborative , a sustainable economic development organization based in Gary, IN, her home and the city where many of her family and friends still live. Gary is also home to the country’s largest steel mill: US Steel’s Gary Works.

Manufacturing 126

Manufacturing Environmental Health Production 126

Nonprofit Megaphone

MAY 6, 2023

However, running a nonprofit requires a unique set of skills and knowledge, particularly when it comes to governing the organization. To be an effective board member, it’s essential to have a deep understanding of the nonprofit sector and the best practices for governance.

Governance 52

Governance Nonprofit governance and management Ethics Nonprofit governance 52

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

We then kicked off a conversation with early Demographics via Candid partners Satonya Fair of PEAK Grantmaking , Grant Elliot of Foundant Technologies , Dawn Stone of Center for Nonprofit Management , and Michael Wright of Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to discuss their first-hand experiences collaborating with Candid on this initiative.

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Nonprofit governance and management Technology Production Collaborations 98

Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Read more in Take The Lead on women in politics That stress and political anxiety can lead to reduced productivity at work, extended absences from work, breakdown of collaboration across teams, and a failure to produce required outcomes and meet deadlines. 5 as government officials prepare to fend off a wave of lies about the outcome.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Culture 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most obviously, funders working in specific issue areas—climate, health, education, or in my case, democracy—can work to support efforts downstream to prepare government and civil society in their respective sectors to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI on their specific areas of concern. This might include: 1.

Civil Society 107

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 107

Selfish Giving

JUNE 21, 2020

has a corporate partner, Cool Products Co., a portion of the purchase price from sales of a particular product. Cool Products has asked us to promote their sales campaign to our members and donors through email and social media. Question #1 : My organization, Charity Corp.,

Law 147

Law Advertising Public and Social Policy Activism 147

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 29, 2023

Unfortunately, behavioral health solutions are typically developed by government officials, academic researchers, clinicians, nonprofit leaders, and social service organizations. This biased perspective frequently shows up in our dominant work culture that devalues personal stories, pushback, or opinions that generate productive tension.

Health 115

Health Public and Social Policy Governance Collaborations 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

While government agencies worldwide face enormous challenges in leveraging their data to deliver services effectively and efficiently, 89 percent of public sector respondents in 2020 said they were unprepared for rapid data growth. Data collaborations, pilots, and one-off projects don’t scale.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 110

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

This year’s theme, “ All In ”, will examine how the recovery and success of the nonprofit sector is driven by the collective and effective work of the staff, board, stakeholders, clients, community, government, and corporate sector. These small changes build upon each other and can lead to increased productivity and employee engagement.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Ethics 108

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Winning the Lottery?

Non-Profits 124

Non-Profits Finance Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The fervor of the British Raj, and now of transnational corporations and local elites, to shift lands from community ownership to private control of a few (usually) affluent men continues to denigrate women’s status from being equal and prolific members of an agrarian society to dependent wives with limited access to productive resources.

Food 118

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 16, 2024

was mindful of these shifts and challenges in 2015, when the Rwandan government asked us to help reform the school subject of entrepreneurship. worked alongside government partners to explore how project-based assessment could support this link, driving the development and implementation of a national comprehensive assessment system.

Curriculum and Teaching 80

Curriculum and Teaching Entrepreneurship Education Education 80

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2024

Creating tools for collaboration and coalition-building : One of the biggest challenges facing the climate movement is aligning initiatives across sectors and making the most out of our collective resources. We find it’s best to start small and build data maturity alongside AI capability.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law Environmental 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 22, 2024

In both markets, products and services are sold across B2B, B2C, or B2G models, and both markets draw on data (and increasingly AI data) to increase efficiency and reduce the costs of established processes. It is therefore imperative to provide them with high-quality products that have documented evidence of positive impact.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Finance Education Education 72