Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds.

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CNPE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Das Rooprai Named CEO of Center for Nonprofit Excellence Das Rooprai Named CEO of Center for Nonprofit Excellence Rooprai brings corporate and nonprofit experience to CNPE’s mission with an emphasis on innovation and team building Aug. He will be the fourth leader of the 24-year-old organization.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2023

Organizations that work in organizational and leadership development (aka capacity building) not only support the nonprofit sector, but shape it. Those who seek to “build the capacity” of nonprofit organizations must reflect critically on who is being served and toward what ends. How they do so matters. We have power.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

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MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Mission and Values Montana Nonprofit Association provides leadership for Montana’s nonprofit sector and partners with Montana’s charitable nonprofits to promote a sustainable, networked, and influential sector. MNA’s staff team is engaged, collaborative, committed to growth, and passionate about MNA’s unique mission.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 13, 2023

A portfolio with more locally led organizations needs to be valued, specifically (though not exclusively), as an investment in the local NGO sector and the problems the sector is trying to address. Ultimately, it shaped the LEGO Foundation’s own investment strategy to experiment with funding more Sub-Saharan African researchers.

Collaborations 94

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang, and you’re wondering what the heck we are, we’re a provider of donor management software. And I’m grateful beyond words for all the things that you’ve done for the nonprofit world and for Bloomerang, you know, great software, great customer service. So here we go.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 99

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 15, 2023

The fundamental pattern that we observe, particularly in progressive movement organizations but in other parts of the nonprofit sector, too, is a vicious cycle of disconnection between staff and leaders that often drives “us versus them” dynamics, exacerbates mistrust, and grinds work to a halt.

Public and Social Policy 103

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