The daily online newswire, produced by NPQ’s collaborative journalism program, traces developments in fields, practices, and the operating environments of nonprofits. This compilation of one line of NPQ reportage highlights the realms of activities and issues involved in decolonizing the museum, acknowledging the role of museums in anchoring narratives about the world we live in.
In this conversation with the Nonprofit Quarterly, Price talks about how narratives emerge, how they get used in the world, and how to recognize, interrupt, and reorient them, because, as she says, every time you interrupt the false narrative, you put something else into the collective consciousness.
What narratives do we use to justify our approaches to our work? When making pitches and the like, does your framing contribute to a narrative that centers an inclusive and vibrant democracy based on equity, justice, and sustainability—or not? Don’t miss NPQ’s upcoming investigation of these questions as we introduce our next article series.
Put simply, the philanthropic norm is a “short leash,” involving one-year grants monitored for the proportion they comprise of the overall budget, and often provided for relatively restricted purposes. The alternative depends upon multiyear, relatively unrestricted grants of sufficient size to allow grantees to holistically and nimbly develop and improve the quality, and sometimes the reach, of their work.
PREMIUM CONTENT | In the Winter 2018 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly we are focused on the advancement of two practices—one in philanthropy and the other in the civil sector as a whole, “Multiyear and Unrestricted: Seeding a Better Philanthropic Practice” and “Reframing Narratives: New Scaffolding on Which to Construct a Different Future.”
Here are Nonprofit Quarterly’s top ten webinars in 2018 as judged only by number of views, the list includes new videos as well as a few classics that are still as relevant as ever.
Don’t forget…at NPQ, we are who we are because of you. And don’t forget us in your gift-giving as you end this eventful year.
If you are interested in racial and economic equity—in community development, rural development, food security, the environment, and a host of other issues—you should understand the basics of land justice.
What makes a nonprofit dashboard effective, and how can you leverage it as a powerful performance management tool? This webinar on how dashboards can help your organization achieve its goals will answer these questions and many more.
PREMIUM CONTENT | Access the fall 2018 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “Are Humans Resources? Moving from Extraction to Reciprocity in Our People Practices.”
