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RESOURCES: Monographs

The Support Center is re-releasing 11 specific articles from past issues of our annual Journal for Nonprofit Management, to present this monograph series:

• Public Leadership and Change: A Community Leadership Education Framework (Leadership Volume 1)
  Discusses basic leadership theories, a model used to consider resources and competencies or lack thereof, and actions to take to produce desired social actions.    PDF
• Who Should You Be Talking To? A Roadmap for Executive Directors Negotiating with Multiple Publics (Leadership Volume 2)
  Looks at the role of an Executive Director, defining negotiating partners, developing strategic thinking, gathering data, building scenarios. PDF
• Building Leadership Capacity through Integrated Leadership Development Programs (Leadership Volume 3)
  Presents a case study of OHEL's Leadership Development program, and indicates the necessary attributes of an effective program.  PDF
• Strengthening Boards of Nonprofit Organizations (Nonprofit Boards Volume 1)
  Weaves together an historical view of nonprofit boards, contemporary models of board governance and some practical approaches to strengthening voluntary boards of directors. PDF
• The Role of Nonprofit Boards in Double Bottom Line Investing (Nonprofit Boards Volume 2)
  Discusses double bottom line investing as a mechanism that employs financial resources of a nonprofit to promote mission objectives. PDF
• Leading While Learning in a Time of Tumultuous Change (Organizational Change Volume 1)
  Explores how organizations and leaders can transform to best function in the environment of accountability, outcome measurement and continuous improvement. PDF
• Organizational Change Inside and Out: The Impact of an Appreciative Inquiry (Organizational Change Volume 2)
  Explains how Appreciative Inquiry was used to transform an organization, by getting in touch with its value base, expand its role in the community, create new relationships and broaden its base for support and outreach. PDF
• Organizational Culture: The Path to Better Organizations (Organizational Development Volume 1)
  Defines and describes organizational culture, four main themes in this work, and many strategies for improvement. PDF
• Making the Most of the Internal Interim Directorship (Transition Volume 1)
  Explores the positive and negatives aspects of using an internal interim director, based on the survey of 52 interim directors at U.S. nonprofit museums, as well as some guidance to potential interims and boards. PDF