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A Tool for Effective Governance Contributed by:
Sherry JenningsWednesday, February 13, 2013 (89 days ago)
In our zeal to communicate the value of a nonprofit organization in social benefit terms (i.e., the warm glow effect), we can overlook the opportunity to make sense out of the dollars. Nonprofit leaders often lack business analysis tools that lead to effective decision making. This article introduces cost-benefit analysis as a tool that provides a nonprofit board with an economic framework to aid in decision making. It also helps build a better business case to attract funders.
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If I’m Not Running the Train, How Do I Know We’re On Track? Contributed by:
Sherry JenningsWednesday, April 09, 2008 (5 years 36 days ago)
Most of the financial information was incomprehensible to Martin. What was nagging at Martin was that he didn’t feel like he had a complete “picture” of what was going on. The information he had plodded through last night seemed like a box of spare parts. He didn’t know where any of them fit with the others or how to put them all together into a complete picture of the organization’s financial situation. The other thing that bothered him was the amount of financial data. It made him feel like a financial manager instead of a board member. He asked himself, “So, if I’m not running the train, how do I know we’re on track?”
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