NPQ’s Week in Review

Good Morning! At NPQ, the news moves us—and what moves us is what moves you. Our latest Week in Review highlights what our readers bring to us in the form of tweets, comments, contributed articles, and newswires.

But first take look at what you might have missed last week as some of the major news stories covered in NPQ.

And much, much more.

Readers Pick. Hottest hitting article OF THE WEEK.

Voices from the Field: Nonprofit Workplace Culture – Why it Matters so Much to Us

On Monday NPQ received a draft article from Jinna Halperin about the sometimes painful gap between the mission intentions and the workplace cultures of nonprofits with which she has been involved. We edited “Workplace Culture: Why it Matters so Much to Us” on Tuesday and it ran on Wednesday as part of our “Voices from the Field” series, and by Thursday it was far and away the most read article of the week, attracting readers, to judge from the comments, on a global basis. This article resonated because Jinna put words to our all too common experiences. But in doing so she raises the dissonance for us each to consider and address. We thank her for her honesty.

Conversations OF THE WEEK.

Giving USA

Coke Funding for Anti-Obesity Charity a Tainting Embarrassment 

It is always a topic that needs and attracts discussion: When is a donor so tainted for one reason or another that we should not accept their money? NPQ ran a Newswire early this week that recounted the story of an anti-obesity organization in the UK that was being funded by Coca Cola. The worst element of the story was that the organization in question had expressed horror at the funding of similar government initiatives by similar corporations – another situation in which the dissonance between words and actions  incited dialogue and resources from readers. Go check the comments.

Trending Tweets of the week.

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Thanks for all you tweeters out there. You help us spread the word and we’re grateful for your engagement.  From a study that shows the importance of health care for the poor to sage development advice from Simone Joyaux, your tweets helped to spread the news.  Thanks for sharing! And if you don’t already, follow us on Twitter: @npquarterly.

NCRPJul 12, 12:08pm via SMX:Thrive

Interesting finding RT @npquarterly Forget charity care/free clinics, best option is health insurance for the poorhttp://owl.li/5ChHv

pinkboxCLARISSAJul 12, 12:02pm via HootSuite

RT @npquarterly: Forget charity care and free clinics, the best option is health insurance for the poor, studyhttp://owl.li/5ChHv

gperjuJul 12, 12:01pm via HootSuite

RT @npquarterly: Forget charity care and free clinics, the best option is health insurance for the poor, studyhttp://owl.li/5ChHv

ksleisman9:23am via Web

Concentrate on intros not asks | Quit asking board members to trespass on personal/prof relationships http://t.co/JK2PNCm via @npquarterly

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zonaspidey9:20am via TweetDeck

RT @npquarterly: Quit asking board members to trespass on personal & professional relationships http://owl.li/5F5qJ

Randi_Hogan9:11am via TweetDeck

Preach it, Simone! RT @npquarterly: Quit asking board members to trespass on personal & professional relationships http://owl.li/5F5qJ

NPQ’s Contributors of the week.

Dr. Mark Light as NPQ’s own Dr. Conflict

All kinds of people are regular NPQ readers. So it only stands to reason that many of our regular contributors started as readers who corresponded with us on what we were doing. Dr. Mark Light is a “pracademic” – someone who spans nonprofit practice and academia, but to us he is Dr. Conflict, the guy who steps in bravely to the most sordid of situations to help us and our readers traverse the difficult terrain of interpersonal and inter-organizational discords. I have consulted him myself in print because, quite frankly, my work life has not been without such upsets. The man is a beacon of compassionate pull-it-together advice — much like my grandmother. Dr. Conflict uses other author’s NPQ articles in his teaching at DePaul University’s School of Public Service where he is executive in residence. Read more from the doctor here.

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Got a Tip for Us? We Need Your Voice Here

Did we miss something this week? What do you want to see us cover next week? Be our eyes and ears on the ground. Don’t hold back. Let us have it. And we’ll put it right here. Just let us know if you want it to be confidential.