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Study: Nonprofit Investment Returns Lagged Market Benchmarks in 2013

Associations Now

Any way you sliced it in 2013, nonprofits would likely have been better off sticking with a 60/40 mix of traditional stocks and bonds,” according to an executive summary of the results. The key is documentation of the process they undertook to arrive at whatever decision they make,” he said. percent to 13.5

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Lean Methodology: Before and After

Association Success

I first read The Lean Startup by Eric Ries in 2013. In these conversations, some people indicated they would prefer to use a timesheet, and this anecdotal evidence fell into the hands of leadership. Once the leadership wants to pursue an idea it can be hard to push them into experimental mode instead of execution.

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Leading People Through Change: An Essential for Success

Association Adviser

Whether you need to adapt to a changing market, innovate your programs, engage new volunteers or develop new activities to advance your mission, your success requires changing the mindsets and behaviors of your team. Change Leadership. . This requires leadership. . Jennifer Blenkle, Frameworks. Sounds simple enough, right?

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Social Media Roundup: Google Glass Will Get You Glogging

Associations Now

Traditional point-and-shoot video blogging might get the boot as Google Glass hits the market and “glogging” hits the scene. Well, You May Soon Be Doing It [link] #leadership. — Women On Business (@womenonbusiness) September 3, 2013. The result: a documented take of just what the blogger sees.

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Using Online Community to Increase Member Retention

Mizz Information

Look at the top three reasons members don''t renew association membership, according to MGI''s 2013 Membership Marketing Benchmarking report : Budget cuts Lack of engagement Unable to justify membership costs with ROI Two of these three can be addressed/alleviated with online community. Leadership buy-in is essential.

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth Kanter

I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. I also facilitated several design labs with nonprofits as part of the research for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the National Arts Marketing Project.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth Kanter

I gave a lightening talk at the Gates Foundation convening of the Markets for Good community on “ Between the Keyboard and the Chair “ Facilitation and Train the Trainers: I was honored to co-facilitate a leadership track at the first ever Leading Change Summit hosted by NTEN which was an amazing learning experience.