Thursday, April 19, 2007

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Troubling Questions on Future Leadership for Nonprofits

From the folks at on Philanthropy

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Troubling Questions on Future Leadership for Nonprofits: "Troubling Questions on Future Leadership for Nonprofits
By: Jessica Stannard-Friel, 4/18/07

The conference center breakout room looked like the site of any other conference I’ve attended. Roundtables, littered with half-full coffee cups and water bottles, thoughtfully offered branded pens and note pads to conference participants. Conference organizers with wireless microphones scrambled to reach attendees as they stood to address the speakers at the front of the room. But here, the windowless conference room walls were covered in brainstorming notes from extremely participatory sessions, along with pictures and materials the attendees had brought to share with their fellow conference-goers. And the attendees, standing to ask questions about tough issues, ranging from the nonprofit sector workforce to ethics in grantmaking to effective fundraising, looked a bit younger than usual."

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