Social Innovation and Impact in Nonprofit Leadership (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hansen-Turton, Tine; Torres, Nicholas D.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This timely textbook, reflecting the trends and developments in the nonprofit sector over the past decade, encompasses the core competencies required to lead nonprofit organizations through social innovation and impact during the 21st century. It fills a knowledge gap for leaders, managers, practitioners, students, faculty members, and providers in this rapidly growing field by providing a comprehensive framework for how to run and manage nonprofits. This includes all of the tools needed to affect social change through ethical business practices, management and leadership business strategies, social marketing, and policy analysis across government, nonprofits, and philanthropy.

The growth of this field is evidenced by recent national efforts including the establishment of a White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, a National Alliance for Social Investments, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The book addresses solutions to key problem for professionals in the nonprofit sector: creating a return on investment defined by concrete outcomes and ability to demonstrate their organizationís impact. Organizational case studies are presented by practitioners who have used innovative principles to organize, create, and manage ventures to influence social change locally, regionally, and beyond.

Key Features:

• Provides a comprehensive framework for how to run and manage nonprofits in the 21st century
• Describes the core competencies and tools needed to affect social innovation and impact
• Addresses a key problem for nonprofit professionals: the need to provide donors with a social return on investment
• Discusses how nonprofit leaders can demonstrate their organizationís impact
• Written and edited by highly respected professionals in the nonprofit field

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780826121790
• Artikelnr.: 54132088

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors ix Foreword Diana Aviv
MSW xxiii Preface xxix Acknowledgments xxxi 1. Introduction and Overview 1 Marissa Prianti
Caroline Ridgway
Nicholas D. Torres
and Tine Hansen-Turton 2. Nonprofit Accountability
Transparency
Governance
Fiduciary Responsibilities
and Ethics 7 Jennifer Alleva
Jill M. Michal
and Nicholas D. Torres 3. Evaluating Organizational Impact and Outcome Measurement 25 David E. K. Hunter 4. Outcomes As Scaling Platforms 51 Ken Berger
Lisa R. Kleiner
Jeff Mason
Farrah Parkes
and Robert M. Penna 5. Next-Generation Nonprofits 63 Michael Clark
Clifford C. David
Jr.
Jason Hwang
Nancy Moses
Suzy Nelson
and Nicholas D. Torres 6. Convening
Leading
and Supporting the Social Sector: Best and Next Practices 81 Richard Cohen
Liz Dow
Tine Hansen-Turton
and R. Andrew Swinney 7. Generational Leadership in Leading Social Innovations and Impact 97 Mark Carnesi
David Castro
Tine Hansen-Turton
Erin N. Hillman
Jeff Klein
R. Andrew Swinney
Independent Sector-the 2010 American Express NGen Fellows
convened by Independent Sector 8. The Death of Planning-The Birth of Strategic Action Plans 119 Sara Brenner
Fernando Chang-Muy
Paul Connolly
Jeremy Christopher Kohomban
Nicholas D. Torres
and Peter York 9. Complex Organizations in the Nonprofit Social Sector 131 Richard Cohen
Maria Cristalli
Undraye Howard
and Tine Hansen-Turton 10. Finding Your Funding Model: A Practical Approach to Nonprofit Sustainability 145 Peter Kim
Gail Perreault
William Foster
and Meg Rayford 11. Marketing and Communication 181 Dina Wolfman Baker and Theodore Search 12. Government Contracting and How to Navigate Fiscal Crisis 197 Daniel Stid
Willa Seldon
and the Urban Institute 13. Advocacy Strategies for Policy Change 229 Tine Hansen-Turton
Tess Mullen
Susan Sherman
and David Thornburgh Appendix A: Methodology for the Independent Sector NGen Fellows Project 245 Appendix B: Design and Function of the CCAT 249 Appendix C: How to Research Funding Sources 255 Appendix D: Recommended Readings 259 Index 261