Articles Related to Leadership
Help Tell the Story of Our Nonprofits - Take the 2014 NM Nonprofit Survey
Nov 18 2014Related to: Evaluation, Related to: Leadership
Help us better understand the key issues that nonprofits are working on, the opportunities and challenges we face, and how we can continue to work together to ensure the well-being of all New Mexicans.
Please take the 2014 New Mexico Nonprofit Survey before December 15 – you’ll be entered to win a year of free... Read Article
2014 Survey of New Mexico Nonprofits
Nov 10 2014Related to: Evaluation, Related to: Leadership
The 2014 New Mexico Nonprofit Survey has launched! Help tell the story of New Mexico’s nonprofit sector by taking this short confidential survey at bit.ly/NPSurveyNM. The survey asks questions about your organization's work, the communities you serve and how your organization works with other groups and coalitions in New Mexico... Read Article
The Elements of a Mission Statement
Sep 21 2014Related to: Board Development, Related to: Collaboration, Related to: Evaluation, Related to: Fund Development, Related to: Leadership
The following is an excerpt taken from the Mindful Fundraising Resource Guide & Workbook.
Remember, the first question you are likely to be asked about your organization is: What is the mission statement? The website Nonprofit Hub identifies... Read Article
Be a Change Agent
Aug 27 2014Related to: Advocacy, Related to: Fund Development, Related to: Leadership
Are you working with a nonprofit to make the community better? Would you like to learn what you can do today to make your nonprofit a powerful force for change?
Join us on September 24 as Kim Klein demonstrates how nonprofits can work together to create change.
More people volunteer than vote. If... Read Article
MBA or MPA: What is the Difference?
Aug 7 2014Related to: Leadership
Often, nonprofit professionals are faced with the decision to pursue either a Master of Public Administration (MPA) or a Master of Business Administration (MBA). The differences between these two degrees are important, yet little understood. MPA@UNC, the online mpa program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently published an infographic to... Read Article
National Recognition for Enlace Comunitario's Promotora Program
Jun 17 2014Related to: Evaluation, Related to: Leadership
After a national search, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation chose Enlace Comunitario as one of the eight most promising domestic violence prevention programs in the country working with immigrant communities. Thanks to their grant, we spent three soul-searching years evaluating our Promotora program and what works. We are happy to share... Read Article
What Happens at a Major Donor Visit?
Jun 4 2014Related to: Board Development, Related to: Collaboration, Related to: Communications & Marketing, Related to: Evaluation, Related to: Fund Development, Related to: Leadership, Related to: Technology
1. Welcome and Hello
-Chit chat with donor
2. Review the agenda and check how long you have
3. Tell your story
-How and why did... Read Article
Six Pitfalls To Avoid in Developing Your Theory of Change
Jun 6 2012Related to: Leadership
Over the past decade, more and more nonprofits have developed theories of change— that is, an articulation of the results an organization must achieve to be successful and how it, working alone or with others, will achieve them. Organizations do this either of their own volition or because funders, board members, or other parties ask them to do so. In fact,... Read Article
Frances Hesselbein’s Seven Tips for Nonprofit Leaders
Nov 10 2011Related to: Leadership
With a career that spans seventy years in the nonprofit sector and includes positions as a troop leader, state leader, and, ultimately, CEO of the Girl Scouts and CEO of the Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management), which she still holds at 96, it is no surprise that Frances Hesselbein has some clear... Read Article