By Sara Johnson, director of Executive Education, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs | As another presidential election campaign races to its conclusion, the topics of public management and leadership are getting a lot of attention and scrutiny. Questions such as “Whom do you trust?” or “Who is the most qualified?” are in […]
By Cynthia Remec, executive director and founder, BoardAssist Every day BoardAssist is approached by enthusiastic millennials who are eager to be agents of change on a nonprofit board. Unfortunately many of these terrific candidates are either too young to be considered for a full board seat by our clients, or unable to meet the financial […]
By CJ Orr, associate director, Orr Associates | Six years ago, the phrase “junior board” was understood by only a few. Now, I hear it all the time. I work at a nonprofit consulting firm, Orr Associates, Inc (OAI). OAI works exclusively with nonprofits to help them with their fundraising and development needs. Our nonprofit […]
By Anna Pikovsky Auerbach, Moonridge Group COO, Stanford Social Innovation Review | The millennial generation cares about the state of the world and wants to get involved—so why do so few boards have young members? A quick search of “millennials on nonprofit boards” yields more than 67,000 search results on Google. Most of the articles […]
By Nicole Wallace, senior writer, The Chronicle of Philanthropy Nonprofit organizations that want to spread their programs are having a hard time raising the money to expand, according to a new report. The report is based on a survey of 436 nonprofit leaders, 325 of whom said their organizations were in the process of expanding. […]