In order to acquire—and retain—emerging and seasoned talent in this complex environment, we need to rethink what it is that makes an effective organization.

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In order to accomplish a successful 360° evaluation, organizations should—among other factors—have a clear purpose and strategy going in, properly educate staff and board on the process and goals of the assessment, and ensure assessors are credible. But perhaps most fundamental to the process is leaders’ commitment to across-the-board evaluation as well as willingness to be an integral part of the enterprise.

Internet Radio host implicated in Joplin disaster charity scam; despite small sums involved, AG takes a hard line.

More examples of public/private partnerships in the Great Lake State. Will these pairings yield results for citizens?

Standoff between nonprofit insurers raises state legislators’ ire. Will dueling health coverage providers be forced to act in the public interest after all?

AlterNet suggests that the nation might be so overly focused on the dysfunction in Congress at the federal level that we’re missing great examples of legislative looniness at the state level. Some of it directly affects nonprofits and their constituents.

Faced with a rapidly shrinking endowment, Shriners Hospitals are changing their business model, billing insurance companies to enhance revenue and collaborating to reduce expenses.

Montana-based organization spending little on its hospice care mission; needs jump start to get back on track.

If a characteristic of an excellent nonprofit is its adaptability, how does excellence emerge when an entire swath of nonprofits faces a withering attack from several quarters? Do they “stick to their knitting” or launch into riskier ventures outside of their traditional comfort zones? In Iowa, two community action agencies used innovation to stay alive.

Jeff Yost of the Nebraska Community Foundation is a rural philanthropy pioneer and an indefatigable promoter of capturing and keeping wealth in rural areas. How much can his model of creating new local charitable funds that tap the intergenerational transfer of wealth really achieve for rural philanthropy?

Two questionable nonprofits purport to represent the interests of consumers who want to purchase tickets for the performances of major groups such as R.E.M. and the Dixie Chicks. Their nonprofit DNA is suspect, as both appear to be created by corporate groups with ties to the ticketing industry.