Posts Tagged: governance - (4 found)

On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism

Building Movement Project’s latest report, On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism, shines a spotlight on how 2020’s social upheavals are affecting people of colour-led (POC) nonprofit organizations and their communities, programs, leadership, and financial sustainability. BMP surveyed 433 nonprofit leaders of colour and conducted 41 in-depth interviews over the past few months to understand the impact of leading during times of crisis and possibility.

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Making strategic decisions in the context of COVID-19

The tools of scenario planning can help social sector leaders better prepare their organizations for the different, possible futures that may unfold. Scenario planning is an approach to thinking about the future that is rooted in the recognition that even in the best of times, we can’t accurately anticipate what will come ahead; but decision-makers can begin to imagine multiple pictures of the future and rehearse how their organizations might respond… [Report by Gabriel Kasper and Justin Marcoux, Monitor Institute by Deloitte]

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Anna Rose reflects on how to chair a not-for-profit board

When I left as AYCC’s National Director and stepped into the role of Chair, I had some idea of what the role would entail because of my law degree. Well. So I thought. I’d studied board mismanagement as part of corporate law, so I knew what constituted negligence and other major mistakes that boards fall into. This didn’t really prepare me, though, for becoming a board Chair. In particular, I hadn’t realised how much work it would be, or how much of an opportunity it would give me to practice leadership skills.

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