Introducing New Finance Academy Program: Financial Health Review
The Finance Academy, brought to you in partnership with CFA Institute, is a portfolio of programs that strengthen the financial acumen and management of nonprofits…
We Shall Overcome
On Monday, CNE’s Executive Director Cristine Nardi reached out with a simple message: it’s up to us. In…
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Charlottesville is our home. It is where we live, go to school, work, play, help our neighbors, pray, volunteer and raise our kids. We were invaded this weekend. By violent, extremist…
Board Service: What’s in It for Me?
Last week we shared information on our board matching program, through which individuals can identify board service that resonates with them, and organizations…
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“The main point is to first get the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) before you figure out where to drive it.”
—Jim Collins, Good to Great
Great boards don’t just happen. First, the…
Read MoreUpdated Media Guide!
We know how important positive media relations are for nonprofits. We want your organization to have the most up-to-date media information so that you spend your time and energy highlighting your…
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Staffing Needs Throughout an Organization’s Life Cycle
In an earlier piece, we introduced the notion of an organizational life cycle—developmental stages that a nonprofit can pass through from start-up to mature institution. We began the series…
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….
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…
Read MoreSummer 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,…
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…
Financial Leadership in Practice (FLIP)
Twenty-one participants just wrapped up two days of trainings with Justin Pollock of OrgFoward as part of CNE’s inaugural offering of Financial Leadership in Practice (FLIP). FLIP is…
Let’s Celebrate the Good Things
Each summer, CNE throws a party to celebrate the important work of nonprofits in our community. It’s an opportunity to say thank you. And it’s an opportunity to come together -…
Cindy’s Brazilian Adventure
We here at CNE were lucky to have been selected as a Fellowship Host for the 2016 Young Leaders of America Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows…
Read MoreAll About the Annual Fund
In 2014, the Nonprofit Research Collaborative published a special report about annual funds. The results show a strong positive correlation between an organization having an…
Leadership Transitions
At CNE, we know that one of the most significant and pivotal moments for an organization is when it faces a change in leadership. An Executive Director – and other…
Finance Academy Launch
THE FINANCE ACADEMY
CNE is currently accepting indications of interest from regional nonprofits to participate when the Finance Academy launches later this year. The Finance Academy is designed as a…
Read MoreLeadership Throughout the Life of an Organization
Organizations grow and change. We can understand this change in terms of a life cycle with organizations being characterized as “start-up,” “adolescent,” “mature,” “stagnant,” or “defunct.” Ideally, an organization moves smoothly as it progresses from…
Read MoreThe Nuts and Bolts of CoLab
In spring of 2016, Mary Davis Hamlin joined the CNE team to lead our initiatives focused on collaboration—CoLab. I recently sat down with Mary Davis to better understand…
We’re celebrating our members!
In May 2007, CNE accepted its 100th member. Today, CNE has nearly 250 nonprofit members working in over 16 focus areas. Their reach extends from Charlottesville, 10 neighboring counties,…
A Nonprofit’s Role in Advocacy
Last week, we wrote about the need to work together to create a resilient community. This week, we’ve seen an excellent example of this. On Tuesday, a collection of non-profit organizations…
Why Collaboration Matters
As a sector, we work toward a common purpose: a resilient community. A resilient community consists of individuals working together to ensure that as many of its members as possible…
Resilience At Work
Originally a term used by engineers, resilience is a positive adaptation to stress. With human beings, resilience amounts to an ability to recover from setbacks, remain flexible during times of…
Become a Resilient Leader
Leading in troubling times or in the face of any kind of change requires resilience. Leaders need to keep going. They have to keep the lights on, but also set an example for and actively support team…
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