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Welcome to the fourth installment of my seven- part series on Outstanding Nonprofit Management. If you not have seen the first three posts on Mission and Program, Leadership and Governance, or Strategy and Innovation, visit: www.synthesis.biz/synergies
This series was inspired by the Axelson Center’s Alford-Axelson Award Review Committee’s use of the following seven Hallmarks of Nonprofit Managerial Excellence℠ in order to assess the nonprofit management and performance of award applicants:
• Mission and Program
• Leadership and Governance
• ...

Welcome to the third installment of my seven-part series on Outstanding Nonprofit Management. If you not have seen the first two posts on Mission and Program and Leadership and Governance visit: www.synthesis.biz/synergies

This series was inspired by the Alford-Axelson Award Review Committee’s use of seven Hallmarks of Nonprofit Managerial Excellence℠ to assess the nonprofit management and performance of award applicants:
• Mission and Program
• Leadership and Governance
• Strategy and Innovation
• Human Resources
• Financial Strength and Performance
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Welcome to the second installment of my seven-part series on Outstanding Nonprofit Management. For those who may not have seen the first post, which covered the first Hallmark Mission and Program, you can read it and other articles at: www.synthesis.biz/hallmarks-of-award-winning-nonprofit-management.

This series was inspired by The Alford-Axelson Award Review Committee’s use of seven Hallmarks of Nonprofit Managerial Excellence℠ to assess the nonprofit management and performance of award applicants:

Mission and Program
Leadership and Governance
Strategy and Innovation
Human Resources
Financial Strength ...

Recently I had the privilege of being on the panel which reviews applications for the Alford-Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence.

Each year the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management presents two Alford-Axelson Awards to nonprofit organizations, which correspond to the nonprofit’s annual budget size (large/small respectively). The purpose of the award program is to honor and continue the legacy of Nils G. Axelson, a devoted community healthcare leader and visionary, and Jimmie R. Alford, a recognized thought leader in the ...

If you have been thinking about using a social enterprise model to build a sustainable revenue stream for your non-profit organization, then you will not want to miss this FREE event sponsored by the Philanthropy Club on June 3rd. Here are the details:

Want to know why more nonprofits are exploring social enterprise as a means to create a sustainable revenue stream in support of their organization’s mission? And how a nonprofit organization thinking of launching a social enterprise must first ...