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By Lisa Cirincione, J.D., Joining Vision and Action Joining Vision and Action (JVA) is in the unique position of working with a variety of nonprofit changemakers and has heard from many people [...]
Amber Alarid If you have been working with Joining Vision and Action (JVA) for a while, you may recognize my name from my Ask Amber blog series that appeared in [...]
The exit of a nonprofit or social enterprise leader—founder or longtime executive director—is a critical turning point for an organization. In our experience, the biggest problems that occur when transitions are not successfully managed include: Disruption in, and loss of, funding Key staff leaving Decreased programming in the year following the transition Arguments and confusion about the future direction of the organization You can mitigate these problems with careful succession planning.
Are you thinking about leaving? Image via Hippie Bowman by Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action About a decade ago in the pre-recession years, I was leading a workshop [...]
By Rolfe Larson, Joining Vision and Action What constitutes "true" social enterprises? Thousands of nonprofits that use the marketplace to accomplish their social goals call themselves social enterprises (SEs). Thousands of for-profit [...]
Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action What are the top books for nonprofit executive directors? There are thousands of books out there on all aspects of nonprofit work. Over time, these [...]
Making social enterprise your encore career. To hear him tell it, Bill Morris has made every mistake in the book on the road to creating his encore career—CEO and co-founder of Blue Star [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action What is the one thing a social enterprise must never do? Believe that your customers will buy from you simply because of your social [...]
How can social enterprise competitions help? Co-authored by Joining Vision and Action director of social enterprise Adam Brock and social enterprise consultant Rolfe Larson. Competitions are all the rage in the social [...]
Image sourced from New York Magazine by Janine Vanderburg, CEO, Joining Vision and Action Three things every nonprofit should ask itself as part of ongoing strategic planning [...]
