As I listened to the impressive speakers at the Social Impact Exchange Conference: Taking Successful Innovation to Scale, I was excited by what I heard. In particular, I was awed by the outstanding nonprofits that successfully serve various communities in the most amazing ways and are now planning to expand their services and mission to larger communities.

Nonprofits Need To Put Their Money Where Their Mission Is

by Geri Stengel on Jun 3, 2010 - 12:00am

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So you're recycling, reusing, paying a fair wage, and donating to nonprofits. Or you are a nonprofit, giving your all to make the world a better place.

Is that all there is to social responsibility?

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Take a Break! Leaders Benefit From Sabbaticals

by Geri Stengel on Apr 13, 2010 - 9:59am

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So you think you're indispensable. Think again.

A new study by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services shows that non profits and their leaders benefit if the top dog takes time off. The study, Creative Disruptions surveyed the nonprofit leaders who had taken time off, the staff members who replaced them temporarily, and the funders who made it all possible.

There's Green Out There, Both Money To Be Had and Environmentally Friendly Technologies: Go Get It!

by Geri Stengel on Apr 8, 2010 - 8:15am

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It bears repeating: New York state, city, and county really want businesses to "go green." And they're putting their money where their mouth is. All levels of government, and some utilities, are offering big incentives if businesses implement energy-saving technology.

6 Simple Ways for Nonprofits, Funders to Make A Big Change

by Geri Stengel on Mar 23, 2010 - 8:00am

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"Catalyze" is a great word, a great concept: to bring about or inspire change. It implies that a small action will cause other, bigger things to happen.

That's why the "6 Ways to Catalyze Change" list caught my eye. It was put together by the NASSCOM Foundation, an organization based in India that uses information technology to improve people's lives. It reminds us all that simple things can make a big difference.

3 Steps to Increased Nonprofit Revenue in the 21st Century

by Geri Stengel on Mar 18, 2010 - 4:45am

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Yes, it is the 21st century and nonprofit leaders who don't understand new technology may well find themselves left behind in the fundraising race.

The good news is: Much of the technology you need to use is inexpensive or even free. The bad news is: You have to learn a whole new way of thinking and of marketing. You have to learn how to work with the Internet and social media.

Take Up the Challenge: Show How Competent Nonprofits Are

by Geri Stengel on Mar 9, 2010 - 9:45am

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You’d think that after the Great Recession exposed so many incompetent corporations, opinions might be changing toward nonprofits, but a recent survey says, "no."

Madoff, AIG, Lehman Brothers, and General Motors have not dented the perception that for-profit corporations are more competent – although less warm and fuzzy – than nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Funding Standards Undermine Nonprofits

by Geri Stengel on Oct 20, 2009 - 2:13pm

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Why do nonprofit leaders and funders alike continue to shortchange nonprofit organizations? That's the question The Bridgespan Group asked, and answered, in its new report, The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle.

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Entrepreneurs and Nonprofit Execs Have Style, Learning Style That Is

by Geri Stengel on Sep 29, 2009 - 9:26am

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I talked a bit about learning styles in my recent blog, "A Successful Entrepreneur is a Student Entrepreneur." Let's take a deeper look at that; it's important. To be successful, an entrepreneur or nonprofit leader must keep up with technology, trends, economic fluctuations, etc.