This article from the Nonprofit Quarterly is a treasure trove of examples of how 26 small organizations respond to the challenges and constraints they encounter with their uses of social media for organizing and engagement.
Advocates for children and families have demonstrated the public’s capacity to understand the research and scientific principles behind brain science and early childhood development. Here, FrameWorks promotes metaphors that have the power to deepen public understanding of brain plasticity and resilience and to strengthen support for children at every stage of development.
Today, NPQ announces an exciting new partnership with the FrameWorks Institute to illuminate the art and science of framing contested social issues in public discourse.
The study found that 35 percent of the surveyed nonprofits use digital technologies but don’t have a strategic approach. An additional 12 percent are in the thinking stages of a digital strategy, with three percent still struggling to access basic tools. These may not be exciting workplaces for younger people.
A Pittsburgh newspaper rightly takes note of a big philanthropic player actually talking with and taking guidance from the community members it serves.
PREMIUM CONTENT | Social media capital is a special form of social capital that’s accumulated through an organization’s social media network. Like other resources, it can be converted or expended toward strategic organizational outcomes.
Co-leading a nonprofit takes patience and clarity, as these two accomplished young leaders can testify firsthand.
Over the last decade, federations and similar networks of nonprofits have found themselves in battles as central offices have pushed to consolidate and local groups have defended their space. A nonprofit expert considers, in the wake of recent upheavals in the Alzheimer’s Association network, whether the work he did laying a framework for the chapter-to-central relationship actually “took.”
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is shedding some of its professional staff as it begins an effort to cut costs to address a looming deficit. Do the roles of the staff contain clues to its thoughts about what went wrong?
Do you have a favorite slogan? Why does it make you care, let alone take action? That’s the question asked by this article as well as by your board and donors.
