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To Scale or Not to Scale: What Should Nonprofits Consider Before Deciding to Expand a Program for Greater Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors. Organizations should examine their own structure and capacity. Who is involved?

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Way back in 2009, when I first Peter and Madeline, we brainstormed some questions about the strategic use of social media to build a network. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. ” The members don’t necessarily develop powerful relationships and collaborations.

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

At the same time, nonprofits should be aware of the challenges and limitations to this emergent form of funding. Despite its recent emergence, it has gained rapid popularity, with an estimated $300 billion in impact investments in 2014, and an estimated $500 billion expected by 2019 (Sirull, 2015; Monitor Institute, 2009, p.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

Conducted in January and February 2013, Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2013 State of the Sector survey assessed the financial and management challenges facing 5,983 organizations across the country. Says one survey respondent, "Our greatest challenge is building a strong Board of Directors that is willing to fundraise for the organization.

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User-Generated Content: Ask Your Questions on Nonprofits Live!

Tech Soup

Whether you are wondering how to build your own community campaigns, how to use existing community content and amplify the messages coming through, or what platforms to use for collaboration with your members, we ask you to bring your questions and start a new conversation.

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Get Your Board on Board: Structuring Governance Based on Organizational and Lifecycle Needs

ASU Lodestar Center

The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? 330) (Bradshaw, 2009, p. Challenging as it may seem, the payoff that comes from structuring governance according to organizational and lifecycle needs is well worth the time and effort.