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Chip Heath to Headline Nonprofit Day 2012!
This year's Nonprofit Day is going to be a special one. It's the 25th anniversary of Nonprofit Day, and we're joining forces with the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) to celebrate their 15th anniversary. We're excited to announce that Chip Heath, author of the bestselling books Switch and Made to Stick, will headline this year's conference. Chip's talk will preview his and his co-author/brother Dan Heath's new book coming out in 2013! Mark your calendars for August 3 and check back in the coming weeks for more speaker updates and early registration information at compasspoint.org/npd12.
Leading Change Powerfully Roundtable Series for EDs and Board Members
Following on our successful 2011 Executive Director Roundtable Series, Leading Change Powerfully, CompassPoint is now accepting applications for participation in the second part of the series which focuses on EDs and board members. Using our report Next Generation Organizations: Nine Key Traits as a framework, CompassPoint will host six monthly gatherings from June to November designed to engage executive directors and their board members in lively and thought-provoking discussions on cutting-edge approaches to leadership. (Completion of Part 1 of the series is not required in order to participate in Part 2.) All sessions will take place in Walnut Creek from 8-10am. Please apply by May 31. Learn more.
Leaning into Discomfort: Social Sector Leadership in the 21st Century
| This article from our partners at The Nonprofit Quarterly uses interviews with Nancy Northup of the Center for Reproductive Rights, Ai-jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and George Goehl of National Peoples Action to explore the necessity for nonprofit leaders to "lean into" the discomfort associated with leading. The piece looks at two frameworks in particular: 1) that in order to lead anyone in a new direction, leaders "must be prepared to be diverted, attacked, marginalized, or seduced" and 2) a significant component of a leader's job is to "remain off-balance, adaptable, and open to other leaders taking the fore." Read the article. |
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Research on the Role of Development Director: Survey for Executive Directors and Development Staff
Calling Executive Directors and Development Directors: please participate in this important new research by sharing your experiences! CompassPoint and the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund are conducting a national research project exploring the role of development director in nonprofit organizations. Through this research we hope to deepen the sector’s understanding about what successful development leadership looks like and how nonprofit leaders can better identify and support the talent they need in this essential role. If you are a Development Director or an Executive Director, please take the survey today (it takes just 20 minutes to complete) – and encourage your colleagues at other organizations to take it, too! For more information on the study, contact Marla Cornelius at marlac@compasspoint.org or 415.541.9000.
Blog Feature: Introducing Our 2012 Next Generation Leaders of Color Program Participants
CompassPoint recently launched the third cohort of our Next Generation Leaders of Color (NGLC) program. Past participant Monica Ann Arrambide praises NGLC as "a much needed safe haven for people of color to grow and learn and examine what it means to be a leader of color in the nonprofit sector." Meet the 2012 participants. Read more stories from our CompassPoints of View blog, like Tim Wolfred's post "What I Learned from My Executive Transition."
Featured Publication
Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership
Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership
Since our last Daring to Lead report in 2006, powerful forces have influenced the requirements of—and the possibilities for—embodying the executive director role well. Daring to Lead 2011, produced by CompassPoint and the Meyer Foundation with the participation of 3,000 nonprofit leaders, tells the story of how executive directors are managing and surviving in the current environment. Visit the Daring to Lead website to download the report.
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