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Volume 3/Number 2

Welcome to Enhance, a quarterly newsletter brought to you by Alliance for Nonprofit Management as a benefit of your Alliance membership. We hope it will help you "Enhance" your practice!

Feature Article

Marketing of Capacity Building Services

by Heather Iliff

Alliance members are increasingly savvy in their marketing approaches to reach new clients. This article provides tips and ideas from Alliance members who have experienced success in reaching out to new clients for their consulting, training, and other services.

Membership Survey

2006 Annual Membership Survey Results

The Alliance's third annual member survey results shows that demand for capacity building continued to rise at an even greater pace in 2005, compared with 2004 and 2003. More than 80% of Alliance members provide consulting services to nonprofits. Management support organizations, consulting firms and independent consultants make up 61% of our membership, and the remaining 39% includes grantmakers, nonprofit/charitable organizations, academic centers and associations. Referrals from Alliance members were the #1 way members learned about the Alliance.

For full results, click here.

Article

Management Support Organizations and Social Enterprise: Part I

By Carol Brzozowski

Reprinted with permission from Social Enterprise Reporter

In this two-part series, Social Enterprise Reporter looks at the role of Management Support Organizations (MSOs) as they assist their nonprofit clients in launching and building social enterprises. Part Two will explore the best practices of some MSOs that have worked with social enterprises on their double bottom line initiatives.

Member Spotlight - Bob Brehm

Consulting for Community Empowerment

Bob Brehm, Technical Assistance for Community Organizations

Bob Brehm focuses on community empowerment - looking beyond the numbers and tangible results in community organizing and development to such things as individual growth, leadership development, changes in the power structure, and the ongoing struggle for economic and social justice.

Member Spotlight - John Corwin

The Unique Role of an Interim Executive Director

John Corwin, Corwin Consulting, LLC

As an interim executive director, John Corwin helps nonprofits in two basic ways: by providing professional interim leadership, and by advising the Board of Directors on how best to meet the challenge of turnover by taking advantage of the uniquely powerful opportunity it presents to strengthen the organization.

Research Roundup

Leadership is a key theme for this Research Roundup.

Five new publications point to the need for serious attention to attracting and retaining leadership talent in the nonprofit sector. Taken together, these reports serve as a clarion call to grantmakers, nonprofit capacity builders and other sector leaders to step up their investments in executive transition, next generation leadership, and diversity.

Who's Who and What's New

Keep up to Date with Your Alliance Colleagues

Find out Who's Who and What's New in our Alliance membership today!

New Members

Welcome New Alliance Members!

Alliance membership continues to grow, and we are very grateful for the continuing support of our longtime members, and offer a hearty welcome to our new members!

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