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Goal Setting for Your Nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

July 1 represents a new fiscal year for many nonprofits, a time to review programs and previous goals to be sure they’re aligned with the mission and to establish new benchmarks. These are measured in weeks or months and support the long-term goals. These are measured in years and originate in the mission statement.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Jan 24 - 25.

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Leading with Accountability: What Accountability Strategies are Critical to Foster Nonprofit Donor Support?

ASU Lodestar Center

Preventative measures such as performance evaluations, self-regulation policies, effective donor communication approaches, ethical leadership, and social auditing serve as accountability enforcers in various capacities within an organization. Performance evaluations serve as vehicles to message organizational mission realization and impact.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Looking at overhead alone is a poor way to measure a nonprofit organization’s overall performance (Letter to the Donors of America, 2014). Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture.

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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?

ASU Lodestar Center

Under pressure from multiple stakeholders, nonprofits tend to prioritize accountability to donors, foundations and governments over accountability to clients and the populations served by the organization (Ebrahim, 2003). The potential of outcome measurement for strengthening nonprofits’ accountability to beneficiaries. Gopal, R., &

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Building Better Boards in 10 Easy Steps

ASU Lodestar Center

When fundraising legend Jerry Panas was the featured presenter to a small group of nonprofit CEO's and board chairs in Phoenix, those in the room hung on his every word. Remember: what gets measured, gets managed. Would you hire a staff member or engage a volunteer without getting some information to review first? Plan for it.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

Remember Samantha, the smartphone OS in the movie Her that Joaquin Phoenix fell in love with? government initiative that aims to bring accessible broadband access to residents of low-income housing throughout the U.S. "The emergence of big data to measure social impact. My Prediction: The U.S. Peter Campbell Sums It Up.

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