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.

Inclusiveness...It's Good for Business

Inclusiveness...It's Good for Business

September 27, 2007 Naomi Harris

Naomi 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.....

Lessons Learned: Hiring Consultants

Lessons Learned: Hiring Consultants

June 20, 2007 Richard L. Moyers

Richard 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....

Board & Staff: Welcoming the Green Revolution in Your Museum

Board & Staff: Welcoming the Green Revolution in Your Museum

April 25, 2007 Sarah S. Brophy

In 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

Advancing Your Mission With a Green Message

February 15, 2007 Elizabeth Wylie

The 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

The ABCs of Podcasting

October 24, 2006 Christine Sculati

Christine 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....

Putting It All Together: Refining Your Competitive Strategy

Putting It All Together: Refining Your Competitive Strategy

September 30, 2005 David La Piana and Michaela Hayes

In 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

From the Heart: Managing and Valuing Volunteers

July 20, 2005 Lee Mizell

Realizing 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?

What Are Your Comparative Advantages?

June 23, 2005 David La Piana and Michaela Hayes

The 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

Authenticity and the Sustainable Nonprofit

April 19, 2005 Richard C. Harwood

In 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