Building Nonprofit Capacity

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments 1 Setting the Stage: Change as a Defining Force in the Nonprofit Sector Lifecycle: A Framework for Initiating, Anticipating, Managing, and Understanding Change Our Perspective What's in This Book? 2 Back to the Basics:

What Is Core

Defining the

Core

in Core Program The Established Organization in Core Program: Characteristics and Telltale Signs To Put a Stake in the Ground, You Need a Good Mission An Organizational Vision as Your Guide to Success Values Matter Be Sure Your Strategy Is ... Strategic Founder's Syndrome ... Not Just for Founders Anymore Taking It to the Next Level: The Importance of Trust 3 Infrastructure/Adolescence Planning for Organizational Growth The Role of the Board Organizational Culture 4 Maturity/Impact Expansion (MIE) Importance of Resource Development in the MIE Phase Making the Case Building Board Accountability in the MIE Phase Organizational Assessment: The CSE Tool Impact Expansion and the Question of Scale 5 Decline Overview of Decline and the Lifecycle High-Arc and Low-Arc: How Organizations in the Decline Phase Are Affected The Arc During Crisis 6 Turnaround and Closing Historical Look at Lifecycle Thought: Closing The Downward Apex Point Organizational Turnaround Closing an Organization The Mind-Set of Closing Organizations 7 Conclusion Reflections on This Book Where Do We Go from Here? Appendix Notes The Authors Index

Portrait

John Brothers owns the firm Cuidiu Consulting and is a senior fellow at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management. Anne Sherman is the associate director and codirector of the strategy practice at TCC Group in New York City.