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10 Great Social Innovation Reads: October 2015

November 4, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

October brought some great discussions in the blogosphere, including a forum on whether regulations around donor advised funds should change, concerns that we are working too hard, the need to better retain donors, and a debate about whether social media is (or can be) an effective fundraising tool. Round that out with examples of successful crowdfunding and volunteer skill crowdsourcing, […]

What Kind of Nonprofit Leader Are You?

December 16, 2014 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

As the year draws to a close, and you (I hope) make time to relax, reconnect with friends and family, and reacquaint yourselves with some much-needed quiet, you may also want to reflect on your role as a social change leader. Effective leadership is really, really hard work, but it is also incredibly necessary and […]

How to Create Capacity Builders on Your Board

October 23, 2014 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Something really interesting happened the other day to an executive director I know. A couple of board members approached her to ask what she needed to continue to move forward. They wanted her to be blunt about the obstacles in her way. She was equally honest, telling them she could really benefit from leadership coaching on how to manage a staff, […]

What Nonprofits Really Need From Their Donors [Video]

October 7, 2014 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

My hope in creating the growing library of Social Velocity videos is that nonprofit leaders will use the topics as a jumping off point for honest discussions with boards and donors. It can often be intimidating for a nonprofit leader to raise a controversial question like: “Should all board members be required to fundraise?” “Should we stop worrying […]

How to Fundraise for a Stronger Nonprofit [Slideshare]

August 19, 2014 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In order to add to the growing Social Velocity Slideshare library, I’m delighted today to offer How to Fundraise for a Stronger Nonprofit. If you want to get your nonprofit out of the (all too common) starvation cycle of never having enough money to achieve your goals, you must raise capacity capital. Capacity capital is not the […]

Why Do Nonprofit Leaders Get in Their Own Way?

January 23, 2014 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

Can we talk about crazy for a minute? I’ve recently witnessed some behavior from nonprofit leaders that made my jaw drop: A board chairman convinced the rest of his board to turn away a donor who wanted to give the nonprofit a significant amount of money to fund organizational capacity (strategic planning, coaching, fundraising training) […]

A Monster List of Social Innovation Conferences

October 31, 2013 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

Today is Halloween, which, in my world, means that beyond candy, and trick or treating, and pumpkins it’s time for my annual “Monster List of Resources.” A few years ago I started the tradition of offering a list of resources for nonprofit leaders on Halloween (you can see past lists here and here). Each list […]

Financing Not Fundraising: 5 Taboos Nonprofits Must Get Over

October 29, 2013 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Yep, it’s true, the nonprofit sector doesn’t have enough money. There are lots of reasons for that, but part of it stems from the taboos the nonprofit sector (and the staffs, boards and donors within it) perpetuates. But perhaps if we lay them bare, we can start to break free from them, which is the […]

Financing Not Fundraising: Enlighten Your Donors

September 19, 2013 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

It used to be that a nonprofit leader receiving a check from a donor would smile politely, say a big “Thank You” and go on her way. But just as (seemingly) every aspect of the world as we know it is changing, so too is philanthropy.  We are starting to question long-held assumptions about how […]

Can Philanthropy Pave the Way, Not Get in the Way?

September 5, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

There is a growing drumbeat lately (for starters here, here and here) that nonprofits must be more bold. I couldn’t agree more and have argued that nonprofit fear and small thinking sometimes hold them back. But it is becoming increasingly obvious to me that if we want to get better at solving social problems, we […]

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