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How can nonprofits acquire skilled talent to better achieve their mission?

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If an organization is willing to invest in a positive and extensive support structure, it is likely leadership will follow. Overhead ratio” refers to the amount of money a nonprofit spends on its mission vs. money spent on overhead costs. Human resource investment. Reciprocation is key to mutually advantageous relationships.

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The Three P’s of Board Performance

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A 2015 Stanford study on boards of directors in nonprofit organizations found that “over two thirds (69 percent) of nonprofit directors say their organization has faced one or more serious governance related problems in the past 10 years.” Earlier research focused more on improvements of procedural documents, structures, policies and bylaws.

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

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According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." Overhaul the governance model and committee operations.

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What strategies can nonprofits enact to retain millennials?

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Millennials are often referred to as the “job hopping generation” due to their tendency to change jobs more frequently than previous generations. There is evidence that millennials thrive in flatter organizational structures with shared governance and peer to peer collaboration.

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What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

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The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems. They are an evolution of the traditional contract partnerships between nonprofits and government. As Clara Miller (2015), president of the H. and Lombard, A.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

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Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online.

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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

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Nonprofits, the fifth largest industry in Arizona, historically the recipient of a most generous donor base, now wear the burden of the downturn in the national economy. Are you willing to take risks within your organizational structure? The number of nonprofit agencies that succumbed to the recession is not the topic of this essay.