PULSE! CONTENT

1. Alliance for Nonprofit Management Appoints Tangie Newborn, Executive Director
2. Conference on Collaborative Leadership in Los Angeles
3. New Report from The Forbes Fund - From Adequate to Outstanding Performance
4. Foundation Communications: The Grantee Perspective
5. The Value of Relationships Between State Charity Regulators and Philanthropy
6. Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grant Making
7. Workforce Issues in the Nonprofit Sector: Generational Leadership Change and Diversity
8. The Nonprofit Sector and the Federal Budget: Analysis of President Bush's FY 2007 Budget
9. Race Matters Toolkit
10. TECH TEMPO: A Few Good Email Newsletter Tools
11. TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Coaching as a Tool for Building Leadership and Effective Organizations in the Nonprofit Sector

1. Alliance for Nonprofit Management Appoints Tangie Newborn, Executive Director

The Alliance Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Tangie Newborn as Executive Director of the Alliance. Having recently served as Executive Director of the National Association of Black Journalists, Tangie replaced Founding Executive Director Roni Posner, who retired after an eight-year career with the Alliance. Tangie brings more than 25 years of nonprofit management experience to this assignment. She currently serves as an executive coach for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and The Center for Association Leadership, is an appointed member of the Center's Diversity Committee, and is co-author of Membership Operations, a core competency management series within ASAE.

2. Conference on Collaborative Leadership in Los Angeles

The Alliance for Nonprofit Management Annual Conference, August 2-5, 2006 in Los Angeles will feature extensive offerings on Collaborative Leadership, an area of growing importance as the Baby Boomer generation begins to retire and nonprofits are challenged to recruit and retain the next generation of leaders. In-depth sessions on areas such as strategic planning, social enterprise consulting, and technology-enabled collaboration are designed for consultants to nonprofits, grantmakers, association leaders and others who strengthen management and governance of nonprofits. For more information and to register, visit www.allianceonline.org/annual_conference.

3. New Report from The Forbes Fund - From Adequate to Outstanding Performance

In From Adequate to Outstanding Performance: Some Propositions on Nonprofit Organizational Life Cycles, The Forbes Fund aims to answer, "What distinguishes nonprofit organizations that achieve 'outstanding' results from those that achieve 'adequate' results?" The report aims to assist nonprofits that are spending much of their energy 'surviving' to move to a higher level of performance by proposing six factors often found in nonprofits with outstanding performance. To download a copy of the report, visit www.forbesfund.org/tropman/documents/PittEssayBOOKmainPDF.pdf.

4. Foundation Communications: The Grantee Perspective

Foundation Communications: The Grantee Perspective, released by The Center for Effective Philanthropy, analyzes survey results from nearly 17,000 grantees aims to answer how foundations can clearly communicate their goals. The report highlights how consistency of resources, quality of interactions and helpfulness of process are key factors in effective foundation communication. By clearly communicating goals and strategies, grantees can create desired impact consistent with the foundation's goals. To download a copy of the report, visit www.effectivephilanthropy.com/images/pdfs/CEP_Foundation_Communications.pdf

5. The Value of Relationships Between State Charity Regulators and Philanthropy

Published by the Council on Foundations and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, The Value of Relationships Between State Charity Regulators and Philanthropy reviews models of regulator-philanthropy relationships in 16 states, highlighting the value and benefits of developing productive relationships. The report provides an overview of federal and state regulations and lessons learned to help enhance the accountability and effectiveness of foundations and public charities. To download a copy of the report, visit www.givingforum.org/policy/regulators.html.

6. Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grant Making

Understanding one's role, self and the system they work in can help grantmakers perform more effectively when encountering "soft" challenges in grantmaking. GrantCraft's Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grant Making, guides grantmakers with techniques to bring a sense of self to one's role - as learner, analyst, and bridge builder. By having a personal strategy to manage uncomfortable situations such as dealing with power imbalance, grantmakers can leverage their personal strengths to perform their role effectively and in service to their goals. To download a copy of the guide, visit www.grantcraft.org/pdfs/personalstrategy.pdf.

7. Workforce Issues in the Nonprofit Sector: Generational Leadership Change and Diversity

American Humanics Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers briefing paper, Workforce Issues in the Nonprofit Sector: Generational Leadership Change and Diversity, provides a literature review on nonprofit sector workforce issues and includes a general overview of the demographic changes in the US and how they affect the nonprofit sector. The paper highlights how trends in the workforce's diversity in generation, race, ethnicity and gender will continue to generate challenges and opportunities for the sector. To download a copy of the paper, visit www.humanics.org/site/c.omL2KiN4LvH/b.1537171/k.5CBD/Research_and_Resources.htm.

8. The Nonprofit Sector and the Federal Budget: Analysis of President Bush's FY 2007 Budget

Alan Abramson and John Russell, Aspen Institute and Lester Salamon, John Hopkins University provide an analysis of the federal budget changes on nonprofit sector. The Nonprofit Sector and the Federal Budget: Analysis of President Bush's FY 2007 Budget examines the impact the proposed budget will have on nonprofits in the next five years and provides a historical perspective on the findings. To download a copy of the report, visit www.nonprofitresearch.org/usr_doc/BushBudget.pdf.

9. Race Matters Toolkit

Practical approaches to achieving racial equity in the nonprofit sector are now available online from The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The "Race Matters Toolkit" provides tools and approaches for promoting equity, including organizational self-assessment, strategy development, and effective communication in nonprofits. The toolkit also offers more than a dozen fact sheets on topics such as education, health, and child welfare. Alliance for Nonprofit Management, through the Cultural Competency Initiative, is partnering with the Casey Foundation to offer resources and learning opportunities to capacity-building professionals and nonprofit leaders. The toolkit, including a user's guide, is available online at: www.aecf.org/publications/racematters.htm.

10. TECH TEMPO: A Few Good Email Newsletter Tools

What do you think about this newsletter's template? A Few Good Email Newsletter Tools, an article by Idealware, gathers advice from nonprofit technology professionals on what email newsletter tools have worked for them and how best to use them. Reviewed tools include software most nonprofits already have, hosted mass emailing tools and free list management tools. To read the article, visit www.idealware.org/articles/.

11. TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Coaching as a Tool for Building Leadership and Effective Organizations in the Nonprofit Sector

The Coaching and Philanthropy Project, a partnership between the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, BTW - informing change and Leadership That Works, has released Coaching as a Tool for Building Leadership and Effective Organizations in the Nonprofit Sector. The report explores philanthropy's understanding and support of coaching as a tool for leadership development and organizational effectiveness. To download a copy of the report, visit www.geofunders.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=document.showDocumentByID&DocumentID=2677.