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Archived Trendcast: The Recession’s Gift – A New Opportunity for Boards to Excel

Jeanne Bell
April 12, 2011

Is there a best practice for boards that has emerged out of the recession? Jeanne Bell, CEO of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and an expert in nonprofit management and finance has observed that some boards have been forced to take a deeper look at financial and organizational design as a result of changing revenue streams and that the new practice will serve nonprofits far better than simple financial oversight… if boards can retain the practice even as the recovery occurs.

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Jeanne is an incisive, no nonsense thinker on nonprofit finances and a fascinating speaker. Jeanne is CEO of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services—one of the country’s leading providers of training, leadership development, and consulting services to community-based organizations. She is the co-author of Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability (Jossey-Bass) and of Financial Leadership for Nonprofit Executives: Guiding Your Organization to Long Term Success (Wilder).

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Jeanne Bell

Jeanne Bell, MNA is the former CEO of CompassPoint, where she stewarded the evolution of the organization to focus on emerging leaders and emergent leadership practice with an explicit orientation to social change. She is the author of numerous articles on nonprofit leadership, strategy, and sustainability and co-author of several books, including most recently, The Sustainability Mindset (Jossey-Bass, 2015). Jeanne's current board service includes Borealis Philanthropy and Community Works West. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Master of Nonprofit Administration program at the University of San Francisco's School of Management.

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