This organization has everything going for it, but a good sense of direction. How will it become a truly member-driven organization that cultivates the leadership the city needs?
The Story of South Cinder Health Center
A strong and resilient organization that has had its share of ups and downs, SCHC has been an effective catalyst for health and the health of the community, as well as a model employer. What’s next?
Busted: Raising More Moola vs. the Law of Diminishing Returns
At what point can a good fundraising idea become so successful and so widely adopted that it turns back on itself and destroys the organizations that use it?
Welcome to Winter 2004
Welcome to the Winter 2004 Nonprofit Quarterly. As of this writing, millions struggle to respond to the devastation caused by the tsunami at the same time that millions of others struggle to understand how to handle themselves responsibly within drastically changing political contexts. “Responsible leadership” is often a coded way of referring to highly competent
The Spiral of Sustainable Excellence
FROM THE ARCHIVE: There are any number of articles about how nonprofit organizations grow and develop over time. This classic by Paul Light, however, is in a class by itself in terms of the way he describes nonprofit development as a nonlinear process that is very much affected by the choices made by leadership.
Online Fundraising and Engagement: The Vital Link
FROM THE ARCHIVES
This interview we did a decade ago with Eli Pariser, board president of MoveOn.org, calls us all back to a fundamental law of sustainable online fundraising; first engage!
Welcome | Winter 2004
Welcome to the Winter 2004 Nonprofit Quarterly.
Building Leadership or a Self-Reinforcing Bureaucracy
In a spirit of humility, we put the following collectively developed ideas forward not as a self righteous rant, but as a call for a reconsideration of leadership’s purpose and function within the “social” sector. If these ideas are headed in the right direction, we all have a lot of changing to do.
Are We There Yet? Changing Course Along the Way
What follows is a remarkable account of leadership transition in its full complexity—including shifts that occurred at a national movement level, at the organizational level, and at a personal level.
Movement is Motion
Changing generations is a difficult process. How do we best manage it?
Ten Tried and True Tips to Becoming a Leader: Uplifting Advice for the Young People of America
Anthrop’s advice to the next generation.
Considerations on Leadership in an Immigrant Population: Lessons from the Haitian Community
Leadership in the immigrant community—and especially in the Haitian community—is very complex, as it requires the understanding and the reconciliation of two worlds.