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It's Time For A New Kind of Nonprofit Leader

March 11, 2013 By Nell Edgington 15 Comments

Last week I spoke to a group of nonprofit leaders about 5 Nonprofits Trends to Watch in 2013 and a woman stood up and said “These trends are all well and good, but we need to talk about the fact that the money just isn’t there anymore. We are having to compete with more organizations […]

Financing Not Fundraising: The Critical Alliance Between Executive & Development Directors

February 27, 2012 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In this month’s post in the on-going Financing Not Fundraising blog series I’m talking about creating a productive partnership between a nonprofit’s leader (the Executive Director or CEO) and a nonprofit’s chief revenue generator (typically the Development Director).  If your nonprofit is going to start financing instead of fundraising, you must work to forge an […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: January 2012

February 3, 2012 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

I can’t believe that January is already over, it was a complete blur. Nonetheless there was lots to read and ponder in the past month in the world of social innovation. Below are my ten picks of the best reads, but as always, please add what I missed in the comments. And if you want […]

Financing Not Fundraising: Jump Start Your Board

January 18, 2012 By Nell Edgington 15 Comments

In part 12 of our on-going Financing Not Fundraising blog series we’re talking about activating an often under-used nonprofit financing resource: the board of directors. The words “fundraising” and “board” can sometimes seem so incongruous that it results in  a lot of eye-rolling on the part of an executive director. As a general (and probably […]

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