A partnership of US organisations (CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Meyer Foundation and Idealist.org) have published a survey of nearly 6,000 emerging nonprofit leaders, Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out (PDF). The headines say that “a skilled, committed, and diverse pool of next generation leaders would like to be nonprofit executive directors in the future. However, the survey also finds that there are significant barriers: work-life balance, insufficient life-long earning potential, lack of mentorship and overwhelming fundraising responsibilities which may prevent many younger nonprofit staff from becoming executives”.
I’d be interested to know whether the Leadership 2020 group thinks the findings read across to the UK context.
This is arguably the greatest challenge charities face in the coming years. Those that are ready have the opportunity to become aggregators – the ‘gatekeepers’ of social impact.
I’d be very keen to get involved in further discussion on this topic.
In 2004 we updated our ‘vision for the future of rural services’ (you can leave the ‘rural’ out and it still makes sense).
We suggested a completely new framework for re-thinking service delivery and this makes it clear what we should be using ICT for (including the telephone) and what it’s not suitable for.
Veronique – I think that the e and non-e practice divide is a serious one (and glad you are bridging it with some blogging:-) You might be interested in this workshop game that we developed to help people play through the issues, and practice, of mixing online and offline engagement.
Megan
American research on next generation leaders
A partnership of US organisations (CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Meyer Foundation and Idealist.org) have published a survey of nearly 6,000 emerging nonprofit leaders, Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out (PDF). The headines say that “a skilled, committed, and diverse pool of next generation leaders would like to be nonprofit executive directors in the future. However, the survey also finds that there are significant barriers: work-life balance, insufficient life-long earning potential, lack of mentorship and overwhelming fundraising responsibilities which may prevent many younger nonprofit staff from becoming executives”.
I’d be interested to know whether the Leadership 2020 group thinks the findings read across to the UK context.
Steve
Ease of reaching niche groups
This is arguably the greatest challenge charities face in the coming years. Those that are ready have the opportunity to become aggregators – the ‘gatekeepers’ of social impact.
I’d be very keen to get involved in further discussion on this topic.
Simon
How ICT is shaping the design and delivery of services
Hi Megan
In 2004 we updated our ‘vision for the future of rural services’ (you can leave the ‘rural’ out and it still makes sense).
We suggested a completely new framework for re-thinking service delivery and this makes it clear what we should be using ICT for (including the telephone) and what it’s not suitable for.
The report can be downloaded here
I’d be really interested in your views.
Simon
David
Is the information society a community catalyst or a community liability?
Veronique – I think that the e and non-e practice divide is a serious one (and glad you are bridging it with some blogging:-) You might be interested in this workshop game that we developed to help people play through the issues, and practice, of mixing online and offline engagement.