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Nonprofit Financial Health and Sustainability: Pillar 4

July 19, 2016 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Today I am continuing my on-going blog series on the 7 Pillars of the Performance Imperative. The Performance Imperative was released last year as a north star for the nonprofit sector by the Leap Ambassadors, of which I am a member. Pillar 4, about sustainable financing, is obviously my favorite since I am arguably obsessed […]

Why I’m Excited About the Independent Sector Conference

October 6, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Later this month I will be heading to Miami for the annual Independent Sector conference. I haven’t been to this conference before, so it’ll be new for me. And I’m excited about it for a number of reasons. First, former CEO of Independent Sector Diana Aviv spent the last six months on a “listening tour” talking to nonprofit leaders […]

Well-Designed and Implemented Nonprofit Programs: Pillar 3

September 22, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

This year on the blog I have been highlighting the Performance Imperative, a detailed definition of a high-performing nonprofit released by the Leap Ambassador community (of which I am a member) in March. Today I continue the ongoing blog series describing each of the 7 Pillars of the Performance Imperative with Pillar 3: Well-Designed and Implemented Programs and Strategies. […]

Disciplined, People-Focused Nonprofit Management: Pillar 2

June 11, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

This spring I have been trumpeting the Performance Imperative, a detailed definition of a high-performing nonprofit released by the Leap Ambassador community in March. Today I continue the ongoing blog series describing each of the 7 Pillars of the Performance Imperative with Pillar #2: Disciplined, People-Focused Management. You can read about Pillar 1: Courageous, Adaptive […]

Courageous, Adaptive Nonprofit Leadership: Pillar 1

April 16, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

As I mentioned last month, the Leap Ambassadors (of which I am a member) recently released the Performance Imperative, a detailed definition of a high-performing nonprofit. Because I think the Performance Imperative is so important and every nonprofit leader should understand it and begin to use it, today I am kicking off a series to describe, one-by-one, […]

Building a High Performance Movement: An Interview With Lowell Weiss

March 3, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Lowell Weiss, President of Cascade Philanthropy Advisors, which provides personalized guidance to foundations and individual donors seeking to deepen their impact. Previously, he served in leadership roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Morino Institute, and in the Clinton White House. Lowell is one of […]

What Is A High-Performance Nonprofit?

February 26, 2015 By Nell Edgington 5 Comments

I’m really excited to announce today’s launch of the Performance Imperative. The Performance Imperative is a detailed definition, created by a community of nonprofit thought leaders, of a high-performance nonprofit. The hope is with a clear definition of high-performance we can strengthen nonprofit efforts to achieve social change. As we all know, we are living in […]

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