17 Jul 2022
The capacity building effort must be owned and directed by the organization, not a funder. Activities must be part of a theoretical and practical understanding of the nonprofit business as a whole. Not just focus on one functional area, siloed from others. The effort must be one that understands that...
17 Jul 2022
Program Program Management Value Delivery Team Recruitment Development Staff Development (FF) Management Job Descriptions and Appraisals (FF) Compensation (FF) Human Resources Plan (FF) Staff Turnover (FF) Staff Diversity (FF) Internal Communications - Org. Culture (FF) Decision-making - Org. Culture (FF) Staff input - Org. Culture (FF) Staff Commitment - Org....
15 Jul 2022
It is centered on the nonprofit, not the foundation paying for the assessment. It leaves it to the nonprofit to set priority areas to work on. Areas are comprehensive, reasonable, adequate, but siloed, disconnected. It tacitly implies that a NP is a collection of ‘areas of work’. There isn’t a...
11 Jul 2022
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Organizational Effectiveness Program of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Evaluation of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program https://hewlett.org/assessing-nonprofit-capacity-guide-tools/ (2015) https://hewlett.org/lessons-and-trends-in-xnonprofit-capacity-strengthening/ (2022) This study also has the benefit of a good bibliography on the topic of capacity building. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations...
30 May 2022
Sources: Wikipedia entry on Heinz Kohut Short Paper “A brief review of Self Psychology” Paper about using Self Psychology with a narcissist patient Paper an overview of Self Psycology A paper by Kohut Quotes and notes: Treatment - Therapy [In Self-Psychology] treatment depends upon upon a corrective therapeutic experience that...
