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by Dr. Marc Spencer on November 12, 2018
Categories: Current Issue| Leadership and Management
Topic Tags: Strategic Planning
Those of us who work at nonprofits are drawn to a particular mission and a desire to do good and give back. Most of us have navigated our careers thoughtfully and intentionally and have worked hard (perhaps even tirelessly). Yet often, despite our good intentions and hard work, we find ourselves replicating the practices that created the inequity we committed to disrupt in the first place. Specifically, we tend to forget who our clients are at nonprofits. We become so focused on our donors, boards, and staff that we can lose sight of our clients and whether our efforts …
In the last issue of Blue Avocado, we discussed how board evaluations of executive directors (CEOs) are different from all other performance evaluations in the organization. These differences — including the limited ability of board members to observe …
Most nonprofit discussions about conflicts of interest are similar to those in the for-profit sector: they focus on financial benefit to board members or staff to the detriment of the nonprofit organization. The classic examples: the nonprofit buys som …
Can nonprofit boards vote by mail and email? As is true of so many matters, there are legal answers and sensible answers to this question, which may not be the same. Attorney Gene Takagi and Emily Nicole Chan discuss both in this helpful article …
“Just look at this second sentence!” groaned Samuel Adams. “‘We hold these truths to be self-evident . .’ This flies in the face of ‘evidence-based practice’! We’ll never get funded!” Another delegate had a different complaint: “This mission sta …
If you have members (whether those members fit the legal definition of member or not), chances are you’re making at least one of these strategic mistakes identified by Ellis Robinson. With striking clarity she points the way not only to bui …
What are you listening to now? “Alicia Keys. My 10-year-old son and I share the same MP3 player. I’m listening to Alicia Keys and he’s listening to Chris Brown. I should make more time for music in my life.” Wendy Sefsaf Washington D.C. Office, New Ame …
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