The Bridgespan Group: Nonprofit strategies for social impact


The Bridgespan Group is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization applying leading-edge management strategies, tools and talent to help other nonprofits and foundations achieve greater social impact. Recent Newsletters Leadership Matters: July 2008 Assessing a candidate's fit in your organization, finding the right COO, and conducting successful interviews. Strategies for Social Impact: Summer 2008 The true cost of running a nonprofit, getting replication right, and building an effective organization. Careers in Nonprofits Visit Bridgestar.org to view nonprofit executive job listings, post your own positions, and explore a wealth of career and hiring information. Find out more>>>	LEARNING CENTERS	FIELDS OF INTEREST
		Education Youth Environment Other OTHER TOPICS SPECIAL SECTION: FUNDING Without adequate funding, nonprofits cannot achieve their missions. Creating a viable funding model, however, is enormously difficult. Learn how other nonprofit organizations have addressed funding issues in our special section. More>>> Bridgespan in the News: Management: Understanding the Nuts and Bolts (Philanthropy Journal) Bridgespan partner Kirk Kramer argues in favor of professional development for nonprofit leaders. Give Yourself an Interview (Houston Chronicle) Performing a self-assessment can help you sift through job opportunities. Multimedia Presentations: Hallmarks of Effective Organizations In this audio screencast with Kirk Kramer, a partner with The Bridgespan Group, we discuss what makes for effective organization and where nonprofits typically face barriers as they seek to increase their effectiveness. Audio Screencast: What Makes Effective Organizations? The Nonprofit Sector's Leadership Deficit The need for 640,000 new leaders over the next decade will shape the future of the nonprofit sector. Chairman and Co-founder Tom Tierney speaks on the Leadership Deficit (click to play) Achieving Strategic Clarity Bridgespan partner Susan Colby presents an approach to the challenge of converting limited resources into maximum possible social impact, courtesy of Stanford's Social Innovation Conversations. (click to play)
	Developing Strategy \| Managing Performance Advancing Philanthropy \| Propelling Growth Building the Organization Developing Strategy The Justice Project: Using Strategic Planning to Increase the Impact of Advocacy How did The Justice Project use strategic planning to clarify its direction without stifling the flexibility central to its success? Other Developing Strategy Content: Zeroing in on Impact: From Inspiration to Action Business Planning for Nonprofits: What it is and Why it Matters Building Blocks Post Quake for China Charities (Forbes.com) Managing Performance More Bang for the Buck Teach for America, Jumpstart, and Year Up all demonstrate that nonprofits can achieve significant productivity gains—reducing costs without compromising quality—even when prevailing funding practices and other sector-specific traits are working against them. Other Managing Performance Content: Going for Gold: The Secret of Successful Schools (Education Next) Nonprofit Overhead Costs: Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Misleading Reporting and Unrealistic Expectations Advancing Philanthropy Annie E. Casey Foundation Asks the Hard Question: "What Difference Are We Making?" How can a foundation better evaluate the difference it's making in the world when its grantee portfolio is diverse—and it's the grantees who actually deliver? Other Advancing Philanthropy Content: Tom Tierney on Higher-Impact Philanthropy Tiger Foundation: Profile in Engaged Philanthropy Propelling Growth Getting Replication Right Expanding a nonprofit organization by replicating its programs is a challenging prospect. The decisions you make today will heavily influence the impact your organization will be able to have down the road. But which decisions matter most? And how should you approach them? Other Propelling Growth Content: How Nonprofits Get Really Big In Search of Sustainable Funding (Nonprofit Quarterly) Building the Organization RAPID: A Valuable Tool to Simplify Decision-making Organizational decision-making can be complicated for many reasons. A tool called RAPID^SM is helping nonprofits simplify and clarify that process. Other Building the Organization Content: Aspire Public Schools: Building Organizational Capacity for Healthy Growth MY TURN: Preparing for Regional Growth