The sustainable nonprofit
The sustainable nonprofit column examines critical issues related to nonprofit sustainability through the eyes of nonprofit leaders, practitioners, and consultants. For more information, contact Kyoko Uchida, managing editor, kyoko.uchida@candid.org.
Philanthropy's Role in Succession Planning: How Funders Can Assist Grantee Organizations in Preparing for Leadership Change
November 2, 2007Nonprofit management consultants Tom Adams and Kim Moore offer a detailed case study designed to show how funders can assist their grantee organizations with leadership transition....
Inclusiveness...It's Good for Business
September 27, 2007Naomi Harris, a communications specialist with JVC Consulting, shares ideas on how your organization can create or enhance an existing inclusiveness policy to strengthen its impact in racially and ethnically diverse communities.....
Is Your Grass the Greenest? Fifteen (Cost-Effective) Ways to Help You "Keep Your Keepers"
August 29, 2007Consultant and motivational speaker Joanne G. Sujansky outlines fifteen cost-effective ways to make sure your organization's best employees remain happy, productive, and engaged....
Lessons Learned: Hiring Consultants
June 20, 2007Richard Moyers, director of the Nonprofit Sector Fund at the Meyer Foundation, shares lessons learned from the program's efforts to help nonprofits hire and work with consultants....
Don't Be Negative: How Foundations and Nonprofits Can Use Their Investments to Advance Their Mission
May 26, 2007Cohen, president and chief investment officer of Community Capital Management, argues that mission-based investing is an excellent way to generate healthy returns as well as social benefit....
Board & Staff: Welcoming the Green Revolution in Your Museum
April 25, 2007In the third installment of a new series about museums and green design, Sarah S. Brophy, a Maryland-based consultant specializing in grant writing for museums, discusses how museum boards and staff can "become green" along with their operations....
Advancing Your Mission With a Green Message
February 15, 2007The second installment in our three-part series on sustainable museums covers how to model responsible environmental practices, and how going green can be helpful for collecting institutions....
The ABCs of Podcasting
October 24, 2006Christine Sculati, a San Francisco-based consultant who works with social justice and environmental nonprofits, gives real-life examples of nonprofits using podcasting — at low cost — to reach their audiences....
"Green" Money: The Funding Landscape for Museums Thinking About Going Green
September 13, 2006In the first installment of a new series about museums and green design, Sarah S. Brophy, a Maryland-based consultant specializing in grant writing for museums, provides an overview of the funding landscape for museums thinking about going green....
Sustainable Design for Nonprofit Organizations: Finding Funding to Support Sustainability
March 29, 2006In the fifth and final installment of our series on sustainable design for nonprofit organizations, Holly Lennihan, RA, LEED(®)AP, a project manager at Hickok Cole Architects in Washington, D.C., provides an overview of funding sources for your susta
Sustainable Design for Nonprofit Organizations: The Value of a Collaborative LEED Design Methodology
March 14, 2006In the fourth installment of our series on sustainable design for nonprofit organizations, Susan Pelczynski, IIDA, LEED®AP, a senior associate at Hickok Cole Architects in Washington, D.C., explains the value — economic and otherwise — of
Sustainable Design for Nonprofit Organizations: 10 Ways to Go Green in Your Office Space
February 1, 2006In the third installment of our series on sustainable design for nonprofit organizations, Holly Lennihan, RA, LEED(®)AP, a project manager at Hickok Warner Cole Architects in Washington, D.C., explains how nonprofit organizations can use simple techn
Sustainable Design for Nonprofit Organizations: How Big Is Your Footprint?
January 18, 2006In the second article of PND's new series on "green design" for the nonprofit sector, Tove Anderson, project manager at Hickok Cole Architects in Washington, D.C., looks at the LEED certification system and explains how green design is also smart design..
Sustainable Design for Nonprofit Organizations: Why 'Green' Is Good for You
November 11, 2005In the first installment of a new series devoted to sustainable design for nonprofit organizations, Yolanda Cole, AIA, LEED®AP, a principal at Hickok Warner Cole Architects in Washington, D.C., explains why a sustainable design approach to office spa
Putting It All Together: Refining Your Competitive Strategy
September 30, 2005In the third and final installment in their series on competition in the nonprofit sector, David La Piana and Michaela Hayes, co-authors of Playing to Win: The Nonprofit Guide to Competitive Strategy, show you how to identify and strengthen your co
From the Heart: Managing and Valuing Volunteers
July 20, 2005Realizing benefits from volunteers doesn't happen automatically. Dr. Lee Mizell, founder and principal of Lee Mizell Consulting, offers management strategies designed to maximize the contributions of your volunteers....
What Are Your Comparative Advantages?
June 23, 2005The second article in La Piana and Hayes' three-part series for PND on competitive strategies for nonprofits focuses on how to identify your customers, and how your organizaion can uniquely serve them....
Authenticity and the Sustainable Nonprofit
April 19, 2005In his final article in a three-part series on the 3 A's of Public Life, Richard Harwood, founder and president of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, argues that, without a restored sense of authenticity, the efforts of America's public- and pri
