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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. Boards continue to adopt conflict-of-interest policies, whistleblower, and document-retention policies. Conflict-of-interest, whistleblower, and document-retention policies are all available on the Fiesta Bowl website.

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Making Oz Home

NTEN

I was fortunate enough to be invited to be a guest speaker at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. While ideally anti-discrimination laws would prevent much of this, proving discrimination in most cases is nearly impossible. By Terry Booth, Media Director, PLUK. It all started back in March of this year.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Social entrepreneurs argue that they can be change agents in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors (Praszkier & Nowak, 2011). Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped.

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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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A Maxim For Leaders For 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 I heard this advice quoted the other day and wanted to share it. All great advice for leaders and managers as we start 2011. Its from William Arthur Ward , one of Americas most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate.

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What To Think About For Next Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees? Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:42 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Employee Retention , General Management Skills , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: Kevin Weir said. Both are excellent books.