Tools & Resources
Networks
- A Common Sense (PDF - 687 kb)
- Building smart communities through network weaving
- Five lessons learned – the hard way – about community based networks
- Five things that make networks work (PDF - 19 kb)
- Lawrence Community Works: using the power of networks to restore a city
- Net gains: a handbook for network builders seeking social change
- Nonprofit Collaboration: Making It Real and Making It Work: Experiences from the Field
- Ten keys to success for youth-adult partnerships
- York County White Paper (PDF - 640 kb)
Boards
- 15 characteristics of a great board (PDF - 20 kb)
- Avoiding ten stereotypes that nonprofits have about business people (PDF - 23 kb)
- Board self-evaluation: Asking the right questions (PDF - 34 kb)
- Engaging your board case study: Augment the expertise (PDF - 21 kb)
- Engaging your board case study: It\'s everyone\'s job to know customers (PDF - 21 kb)
- Engaging your board case study: When is ok not good enough (PDF - 21 kb)
- What business leaders need to know about nonprofit leadership
Nonprofit Management
- Creative Economy Nonprofits Give Advice to Funders
- Five steps to take right now for smooth leadership transition - advice from 3 CGV partners
- Listening to the Customer: Applying What Youth Say about How Adults Can Help Them
- The effective exit (Ford Foundation Grantcraft series)
- The leadership deficit
- What nonprofits should know about measurements
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