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Management
Why Can’t We Get Over Overhead?
Outcomes-based metrics may be more accurate and more effective, but they do not speak to the heart the way that program-focused endeavors do.
Want Charities to be Evaluated Based on Impact? Be Careful What You Wish For
The passion with which many hate accounting measures as proxies for effectiveness is often matched by their ardent belief in the promise of impact-based performance measurement. At the risk of sounding like an accounting apologist, Brian Mittendorf believes the nonprofit sector should be careful what it wishes for.
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Komen Finally Chooses a Successor to Brinker or So They Say
A new CEO has finally been chosen to succeed Nancy Brinker at Susan G. Komen for the Cure but what does that mean?
Mergers in Planned Parenthood Aim at Consolidating Power and Expanding Program
Planned Parenthood is paring down its national network in the midst of massive shifts in national healthcare policy and continuing political challenges. Will they find strength in mergers?
More Staffing Changes at the IRS
The latest news concerning the IRS controversy include staffing changes, the FBI Director’s assertion to Congress that he doesn’t know anything about the FBI’s IRS investigation, and word that conservative groups have not been interviewed yet.
Museum Invites Visitors to Help Curate “Mad” Collection
A fascinating art exhibition was staged in New York City, wherein visitors to the Museum of Art and Design were invited to take and leave “exhibits” as they chose.
State Grant in Question for Orchestra as a Result of Labor Dispute
If the Minnesota Orchestra won’t be playing music, how should it spend the money given to it by the state?
“Abrupt Resignation of CEO” not an Organization’s Dream Headline
When will nonprofit boards realize that some kinds of statements to the press are like waving a red cape in front of a bull? We’d place the messaging around this United Way CEO departure in that category.
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