Opportunities for Change: Our Spring Program GuideUse this guide to learn about our upcoming management, leadership, and strategy programs – and some brand new offerings! Take these opportunities to strengthen your organization and become the leader you want to be. Download the Program Guide PDF. View scrollable Program Guide. |
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Spring Courses for 2013
See our courses in Leadership & Management, Leadership Series, Boards & Governance, Strategy, Fundraising, Finance, Communications, and Webinars.
Introducing Our Spring 2013 Next Generation Leaders of Color Program Participants
Last week, CompassPoint launched the fourth cohort of our Next Generation Leaders of Color (NGLC) program. These 20 leaders of color working in Bay Area Health and Human Service agencies convened for a two-day kickoff retreat to discuss leading using a multicultural lens, and they'll meet regularly over the next 10 months to build their management and leadership skills. Past participant David Burnett reports that NGLC "helped me to cultivate new abilities to successfully meet the unique challenges of nonprofit management. The positive impact of this training is already visible in the improved outcomes of the program that I manage." Meet the 2013 participants
Workshop: Can We All Do Better When We All Do Better?
What would public funding and government budgets look like if they reflected the values of the common good more closely? And how can your nonprofit engage staff and constituents in conversations about increasing public resources for the range of work provided by nonprofits? CompassPoint, Kim Klein, and the Building Movement Project have been taking a discussion of these questions throughout the California nonprofit sector through a project called Nonprofits Talking Taxes, and we invite you to join this thought-provoking and inspiring conversation at a workshop on June 24, 12:00 – 1:30pm. With your fee of $10, we will provide lunch, a lively presentation and conversation, and get your feedback on this topic. Register now.
New This Spring! Nonprofit Budgeting Clinics
| Get your budgeting in gear with our new nonprofit budgeting clinics that provide a hands-on approach and the knowledge to create, manage, and track on your annual organizational and program-level budgets. Our first clinic, Developing Your Organizational Budgeting Process, which is coming up on July 19, help organization teams to work together to jointly develop an effective budget structure and process for your group. Our second new offering: Building Your Organizational Budget in Excel, which is coming up on July 29, will help you do precisely that. You will learn how to work in, and modify a CompassPoint budget template to make it your own! Our Finance experts Shannon Ellis and Sarah Gort lead these clinics. Learn more and register. |
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New Report: UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising
The newly released study UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising reveals that many nonprofits are stuck in a vicious cycle that threatens their ability to raise the resources they need to succeed. A joint project of CompassPoint and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the report found high levels of turnover and lengthy vacancies in development director positions throughout the sector. More significantly, the study reveals deeper issues that contribute to instability in the development director role, including a lack of basic fundraising systems and inadequate attention to fund development among key board and staff leaders. Visit the UnderDeveloped web page to learn more and download the full report.
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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