Study identifies challenges facing Black-led nonprofits - The Philadelphia Tribune: News

Study identifies challenges facing Black-led nonprofits - The Philadelphia Tribune: News: "The Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum released a new report Thursday titled “How African American-Led Organizations Differ From White-Led Organizations.”
The study was designed to articulate the unique and critical value of African-American-led nonprofits, as well as the challenges these organizations face."



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Live From CoF: Sometimes Leaders Must 'Shut Up And Listen'The NonProfit Times

Live From CoF: Sometimes Leaders Must 'Shut Up And Listen'The NonProfit Times: "NAACP CEO Cornell Brooks asked a simple question of the approximately 1,200 foundation executives gathered here for the Council on Foundations’ (CoF) annual meeting: “Why can’t we do more with all we have been given?” In a sector laden with data, he entreated those in attendance to “hold close the people on whom the data is collected.”"



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Building Leadership with Thought-Provoking Questions | Leadership That Creates the Future

Building Leadership with Thought-Provoking Questions | Leadership That Creates the Future: "Leadership – there are likely few topics in the world about which more has been written. With so many resources and sometimes contradictory theories to consider (think “Servant Leadership” and “Machiavellian”), finding a personal leadership style that feels authentically “you” can sometimes seem like an unending quest. Establishing the leadership culture in an organization can be an equally challenging and continuously evolving process."



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The AFP Blog: Leadership, Community and Academy

The AFP Blog: Leadership, Community and Academy: Leadership, Community and Academy
Leadership and inspiration are critical to fundraising. We work to bring a community together—in support of programs and causes that will create a world that all of us want to live in.
Leadership Academy captures the best of AFP. Dedicated individuals, all supporting their fundraising community—and the communities they live and work in. We expanded that community in Montreal as the board approved two new chapters: the Capitulo Puerto Vallarta – Riviera Nayarit Chapter located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and the AFP Aloha Collegiate Chapter located in Honolulu, Hawaii.

CharityVillage� Research: The talent war: Is it over?

CharityVillage� Research: The talent war: Is it over?: "The talent war: Is it over?
By Alan Davis
July 12, 2010

I meet many people in the course of conducting my business, and I have concluded that they generally fall into two types: the superficial thinker, and the profound thinker.

I have observed that the superficial thinkers consider that the talent war is over. They argue that, with all the layoffs that have been announced in the last three to six months, there is a plethora of top talent on the market who can be recruited very quickly and very easily."

Leadership in Focus: Janet Austin

Leadership in Focus: Janet Austin: "This month in our Leadership in Focus series we feature Janet Austin, CEO of YWCA Vancouver. Before joining the ranks of one of BC's largest, most diverse, and entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations, Janet served as executive director of Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland and as the director of development services for BC Housing. Though she didn't start out in the nonprofit sector, Janet's unwavering passion for and commitment to volunteerism inspired a career shift. Thankfully, that passion is seemingly burning still."

Leadership leaving local nonprofits

Leadership leaving local nonprofits: "Though it's unusual to see so many executive directors leaving within such a short period, the growing number of departures also isn't unexpected. A 2007 report by Greenlights for Nonprofit Success showed that 67 percent of 223 local nonprofits surveyed thought their executive directors would leave by 2012.

Reasons for the expected departures included a desire to retire, take a different nonprofit job, become a consultant or take on government work."

Where are all the female leaders?

Where are all the female leaders?: "One place where women leaders are definitely represented is in the nonprofit world. According to Board Source (a nonprofit organization founded in 1988 that is dedicated to helping nonprofit leaders), women made up 43% of nonprofit Boards in 2007 (the last year of available statistics). In nonprofits of less than $500,000, the figure was even higher – 51%."

Davis County Clipper -Nonprofits: more needed, losing staff

Davis County Clipper - News, Classifieds, Events and Businesses in Davis County, Utah: "KAYSVILLE — Even as the need for nonprofit organizations continues to grow, the number of experienced leaders is dropping.

That’s because directors and CEOs often come from the baby boomer generation. And, like the rest of society, those people are starting to retire.

“”There are 77 million baby boomers who make up half of the workforce,” said Ann O’Brien, director of professional education for the University of Utah. “There are only 38 million Generation Xers.”"

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Leadership in Focus: Marcel Lauzière
Elisa Birnbaum By Elisa Birnbaum
November 3, 2008

This month in our Leadership in Focus series, we feature Marcel Lauzière. Current president of the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD), a position he’s held for eight years, Marcel was recently appointed president and CEO of Imagine Canada. With more than 20 years of diverse and vast experience in the nonprofit sector, Marcel is certainly well-equipped for his new position, which takes effect November 20, 2008. CharityVillage joins the rest of the community in wishing him all the best in his new role."

Execs find fulfillment in nonprofit leadership - Pasadena Star-News

Execs find fulfillment in nonprofit leadership - Pasadena Star-News: "After working for over 25 years in the entertainment industry, Lisa Turchan decided to take the leap. She went from being a senior vice president of finance at Twentieth Century Fox to being the senior finance and administration person at a not-for-profit K-12th grade school.

'The nonprofit world allows me the opportunity to have a greater work-life balance without sacrificing the challenges,' Turchan said. 'I saw an opportunity to be able to make a contribution with my background to enable the school to meet its new challenges ahead.'"

Wanted: nonprofit leaders | csmonitor.com

Wanted: nonprofit leaders | csmonitor.com: "Beth Millas has a clear sense of direction, though she's been out of college only a year.

'I definitely aspire to be in senior leadership in a nonprofit organization,' says the young professional at Points of Light & Hands On Network in Washington. Her aim: to help build charities' capacity for 'effective societal change.'

Ms. Millas is well on her way thanks to nonprofit management training during her college years in Missouri. After internships at United Way, Harvester (the biggest food bank in Kansas City), and as a fundraiser for the YMCA, she took her first job in Washington in June 2006. Recently, she was promoted to director of corporate relations for the country's largest volunteer network."

Pittsburgh Foundation's new leader signals that change is on the way

Pittsburgh Foundation's new leader signals that change is on the way: "We are going to do everything we can,' Mr. Curtis told the audience of donors and board members, 'to make you proud of the community foundation we have in this city.'

The promise signaled dramatic changes now under way at the 63-year-old nonprofit -- changes in management style, in funding priorities, in the role a 'community' foundation should play in a city of Pittsburgh's size."

Heinz Endowments boss sets new tone

Heinz Endowments boss sets new tone: "The defining moment of Robert Vagt's first months at The Heinz Endowments came on a Friday evening in late February, during a going-away party for longtime Heinz employee Grant Oliphant. The new boss of Pittsburgh's second-largest philanthropy left the 30th-floor conference room, changed out of coat and tie, shed his shoes and slipped on a get-up of denim overalls and straw hat."

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story-The right people at the right time: Considering dual leadership in the nonprofit sector

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "With today’s hectic pace, how often have you wished there was two of you so you could be in two places at the same time? That’s just one of the benefits cited by Tanya Sather of the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) of her position as co-executive director with Richard Faucher. Both were managers with BACI prior to teaming up as co-executive directors four years ago, after the previous executive director submitted his resignation. As the former ED transitioned out of his role, various staff members took on additional responsibilities but none felt ready to singularly take on the leadership role. The exiting executive director recommended BACI research alternative leadership models. Sather approached her colleague Faucher because she knew his values and work ethic and felt there was a good fit. Together they submitted a proposal to the board outlining what a co-executive director model could look like. The board responded positively to the idea. Sather is now the executive director who takes care of HR and administration, while Faucher oversees direct services. Yet, if one person is not around, the other person can make a decision in that area. “The benefits are endless,” says Sather. “Literally, we can be in two places at once. There is always someone here - we have built in holiday coverage.”"

Inside Philanthropy: Nonprofits need leadership

Inside Philanthropy: Nonprofits need leadership: "Nonprofits need leadership Facing an uncertain economy, financial stress and increasingly tough scrutiny from donors, government and the public, nonprofits need more effective leadership, greater accountability and stepped-up efforts to build their organizational “capacity.”"

The Frederick News-Post Online Leaders of nonprofits loan time, skills to other organizations

The Frederick News-Post Online - Frederick County Maryland Daily Newspaper: "Yet, when her accountant recommended participating in a local service program geared to aid organizations like hers, she hesitated.

The foundation was in its first year and Haddad didn't know much about the program called Leaders on Loan. She said that self-doubt kept her from applying."