Performance Management
Is your performance management system up to snuff? HR Consultant Don McCreesh suggests asking yourself four questions to find out:
1. Do my people know what to do?
2….
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What does breakout innovation look like in 2017? Read on to find out how your nonprofit can make small changes to deliver powerful results.
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Founder Culture, 21st-Century Style: What Nonprofits Can Learn from Uber
What can a nonprofit learn from a corporation’s crisis? Look for lessons in organizational culture, branding, and stakeholder trust.
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How to Save a Nonprofit: The Care Steps Required in Mergers and Acquisitions
Is your nonprofit considering a merger or acquisition? Such major structural changes may seem foreign and frightening,…
New Member Benefit!
As a CNE member, we want to make sure we’re supporting you with what you need, when you need it. So we’ve collected our go-to, best of nonprofit resources in a Resource Database – and are bringing…
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4 Tips to Help Nonprofit Marketing Departments Create a Culture of Philanthropy
What is a “culture of philanthropy” and why is it necessary to cultivate one? Here are 4 tips…
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Inclusive Prosperity in an Age of Local Action
Is it possible for local nonprofits to make a difference in national issues like economic inequality? The answer is yes – and…
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Financial Cautionary Tales for Nonprofits
Some financial difficulties are unavoidable, but there are many mistakes common to the nonprofit sector that are easy to predict and prevent. Watch this webinar…
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9 Common Donation Page Mistakes (And Solutions!)
Online donation pages are crucial for fundraising – is yours up to snuff? Here are 9 common donation page mistakes, and how to…
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Creative vs. Transactional Collaboration
Collaboration with fellow community members is essential to any nonprofit organization’s success. In practice, though, inter-organization collaboration can be “more transactional than transformational.” Here are some…
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If You Can Write a Grant, You CAN Write a Business Plan
Business planning may seem foreign, complicated, and far too corporate, but this process may be closer to home…
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Collecting data is only half the battle. For it to be useful, your data must be conveyed in a way that’s clear and easy to…
Summer at CNE
We’ve been enjoying the days growing longer and the evenings growing brighter. Summer solstice, the official first day of summer, is approaching on Wednesday, June 21. “Solstice” comes from the Latin solsitium,…
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The Voice from Outside: Stakeholder Resistance in Nonprofit Organizations
Stakeholders such as donors or community members are key components of your nonprofit – what happens if they disagree with your…
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Shared Leadership: A Lawyer’s Perspective
Effective leadership is essential for any successful nonprofit, and some have found that shared leadership models allow for greater flexibility and organizational stability. Here are…
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4 Elements of Entrepreneurial Culture and How to Incorporate them into the Social Sector
What would it look like to be a more “entrepreneurial” nonprofit, and why should you care?…
Celebrating 10 Good Things
Each summer, CNE brings together nonprofits, businesses, community leaders, friends, and family to celebrate the dynamic people and organizations that knit our community together. Thanks to all of you, last evening we…