http://www.causeplanet.orgNon-Profit News and Informationen-gbMon, 08 Mar 2010 12:57:36 -0500Copyright: (C) Causeplanet.orgk15Some of the most interesting work in the study of business entrepreneurship focuses on the role of imagination in sparking initial action. Entrepreneurs must believe that change is both essential and possible http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=253http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=253Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:53:37 -0500Regardless of the timeline for the U.S. economic recovery, emerging trends in competition, technology, demographics and consumer behavior are the major drivers of future opportunities for nonprofit organizations. These trends will shape a http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=252http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=252Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:41:05 -0500No matter where you are in the organizational food chain, you probably have to exert influence to get your job done. In the book, Influencer, authors Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan and Switzler explore how to master six sources of influence. These sources of influence are based on the premise that almost http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=251http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=251Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:01:25 -0500Philip Kotler and Nancy Lee’s Up and Out of Poverty is an extremely helpful social marketing guide about the essential principles, misconceptions, and challenges. Through the lens of the poverty issue, Kotler and Lee offer a concise 10-step model for developing a social marketing plan that reflects a systematic process and http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=250http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=250Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:54:05 -0500The economic meltdown that began in 2008 evoked a wide range of reactions in the nonprofit sector. “Deer in the headlights,” as one leader put it, was one common response, but nearly everyone now recognizes that the old status quo won’t be http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=249http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=249Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:20:27 -0500The best way to describe Philip Kotler and Nancy Lee’s "Up and Out of Poverty" is that it’s a nonprofit lesson in how to use social marketing by illustrating the steps through the very real and pervasive issue of poverty. This terrific social marketing case study of http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=248http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=248Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:46:00 -0500What makes great nonprofits great? In their book, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (Jossey-Bass, 2008), authors Leslie R. Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant studied 12 high-impact nonprofits to find out. What they discovered http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=247http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=247Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:56:37 -0500There are a number of “best practice” benchmarks that organizations can use to measure their health, as well as to set goals that are useful to improving their fundraising programs. Here are three fundraising benchmarks that are http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=246http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=246Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:43:59 -0500Our Page to Practice™ this month is Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green. Philanthrocapitalists are philanthropists who are trying to apply the secrets behind their money-making http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=245http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=245Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:09:46 -0500In the final month of the first decade of the new millennium, there are lots of reasons for us to stop and think. Some of the greatest challenges of our time are bearing down on us, from the environment to the economy. The nonprofit sector is at the heart of it http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=244http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=244Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:37:34 -0500Angie Chaplin, M.A., C.P.B.A., is a certified facilitator for The Leadership Challenge, this month’s Page to Practice™. She conducts The Leadership Challenge Workshops for nonprofits across the country, and teaches the curriculum at Seton Hall University http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=243http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=243Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:53:09 -0500By building the right board of directors for your nonprofit organization, you will maximize your organization’s greatest potential – strategically and financially – in serving your community. Every board member at the table should matter. And togetherhttp://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=242http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=242Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:32:58 -0500Leadership is not about personality; it’s about behavior. And, according to James M Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, authors of The Leadership Challenge, this month’s Page to Practice™, it is available to anyone who learns and follows The Five Practices of http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=241http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=241Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:41:44 -0500In 2007, the U.K. division of the bank HSBC promised students and recent college graduates bank accounts with no penalty for overdrafts … until August, when they revoked the policy with only a few weeks’ notice. They counted on two things when http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=240http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=240Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:26:29 -0500The secret to a good golf game is simple: Watch Tiger Woods, learn what he does and simply apply those techniques to your own game. That will make you just as good as Tiger, right? Of course not. There are too http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=239http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=239Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:41:38 -0500There’s no end in sight to the current economic crisis. However, the fact is that our economy has always operated like a rollercoaster – so, nonprofits need to create a disciplined, systematic fundraising program that is both flexible and resilient and that http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=238http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=238Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:44:03 -0500In the current environment of distrust, everyone in our sector needs to go out of their way to be highly transparent and accountable. You must show where the money goes, in all your outreach. But that’s not enough for http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=237http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=237Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:50:46 -0500The British Broadcast Company (BBC) recently announced that the millionth English word is likely to be “Web 2.0.” Web 2.0 can be defined as two-way communications on the Internet. This two-way exchange is also known as Social Networking, and it ishttp://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=235http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=235Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:23:07 -0500Like seasons, careers change. And even though a bad economy with massive job layoffs makes today’s job market seem like a job hunter’s winter of discontent, there are always approaches job seekers can use to plan and prepare for their career. There are phases and stages to our work http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=234http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=234Mon, 18 May 2009 17:08:21 -0400 recently read an article written by the head of a community foundation that encouraged readers to step up their giving during these financially difficult times. While this is a reasonable request, it made me think about the value of emotional http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=233http://www.causeplanet.org/articles/article.php?id=233Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:11:19 -0500