Posted on Tuesday, 28th July 2009 by chris wignall

I am giving serious consideration to adding revenue streams as a criteria for Catalyst funding. I wonder how nonprofit leaders would respond to a question like this on the application: “What are your current revenue streams other than receiptable donations and subsidized user fees?” To clarify; I am interested in what organizations are doing that [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 14th July 2009 by chris wignall

As my exposure and experience in diverse non-profit organizations grows I find my self increasingly convinced of the enormous potential of an effective board. I am also increasingly frustrated by how few effective board there are and how little understanding I see of how to improve. Cathie Leimbach of Strive writes an article that neatly [...]

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Posted on Friday, 10th July 2009 by chris wignall

In a previous post I wrote an open letter to leaders who I can’t bring myself to trust. A recent blog from Don Miller further explores similar themes and offers a helpful corrective. He tells us the story of Robert McNamara, the architect of the US war in Vietnam who died recently. Years after the [...]

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Posted on Monday, 6th July 2009 by chris wignall

Each of the winners of our Catalyst Scholarship this year was given a copy of this book by Chris Widener. As with many business/leadership/inspirational books it is formed as a parable. I’m inviting all of the recipients to post their brief reflections on the book as comments here before I add my 2 cents.

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