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Blasts from the Past
Blasts from the Past
Winter 2006
Welcome
Welcome to Winter 2005
Accountability
Is Accountability the Same as Regulation? Not Exactly.

Even the smallest nonprofits can’t and shouldn’t sidestep the runaway steamroller of the accountability conversation. Its motor is on and it’s got plenty of gas. Furthermore it is a legitimate issue for us all. Much better we leap aboard and try to help steer the conversation.

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Governance
Who "Owns" Your Nonprofit?

Research into how nonprofit leaders understand the notions of ownership and accountability reveals the fundamental dilemma posed by the distinction between moral and legal obligations.

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Organizational Culture & Development
The Spiral of Sustainable Excellence

One of our readers' favorite authors presents a new take on nonprofit lifecycles based on his research of high-performing organizations.

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Organizational Culture & Development
Truth or Consequences: The Organizational Importance of Honesty

Organizational untruths are pervasive and corrosive, explains Belton. Truth telling is an essential practice that helps people thrive in their organizations while leading to increased individual and collective energy.

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Accountability: Community Engagement
Why Are We Replacing Furniture When Half the Neighborhood Is Missing?

Inclusion and rigor around community needs can help nonprofits achieve more than the sum of their parts.

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Power, Race & Class
Color Blind or Just Plain Blind? The Pernicious Nature of Contemporary Racism

Some of us wish we were "post-racism," but the problem has often just gone underground—with alarming above-ground results.

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Financial Management: Structures & Patterns
The Looking-Glass World of Nonprofit Money: Managing in For-Profits' Shadow Universe

We all understand how money works in the nonprofit sector: True or False? Find out for yourself, as Clara Miller once again takes us inside the strage and often contradictory world of nonprofit money.

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Human Resources: Leadership Transistions
Founders and Other Gods

The nonprofit sector has a love-hate relationship with founders. This article helps us look at founders and the situations they face more productively.

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Advocacy
Nonprofit Conspiracy of Silence

Regardless of whether it is driven by politesse or short sighted self interest, nonprofit leaders are demonstrating a lack of probity at a time when it is most needed.

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Fundraising: Processes & Considerations
Analyzing the Dynamics of Funding: Reliability and Autonomy

The nature of nonprofit revenues can make a world of difference in strategy and planning. The author's framework assists managers and boards in understanding their current revenue and its limitations.

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Governance
Problem Boards or Board Problem?

How can we make board work more meaningful for serving members and more consequential for their organizations? The authors suggest that must of the current investment in addressing problems of performance might be better spent on examining issues related to better defining purpose.

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