Leading Transitions, a consulting firm founded and led by Mindy Lubar Price, strengthens non-profit organizations through assessment, education and empowerment of leadership during periods of transition and change. Leading Transitions uses time-tested, healthy principles to work with executive directors, boards of directors and senior staff to increase their operating capacities. Committed to the future vitality of nonprofit organizations, Leading Transitions recognizes the inherent challenges in leadership succession, fund development and executive support. The practice has been refined to provide the flexibility necessary to adapt to the intricacies and dynamics of any non-profit organization. At the site, the newest and most exciting resources you will find are the Succession Planning Toolkits presented at the Executive Transition Initiative of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Succession Planning Conference. There is a summary booklet that covers all types of nonprofit succession planning and three toolkits on each specific type:
· Departure Defined Succession Planning -- Provides a roadmap through an upcoming and anticipated executive transition in an organization.
· Emergency Succession Planning -- Provides the information and tools needed to create an emergency succession plan that is unique to a specific organization's needs.
· Strategic Leadership Succession Planning -- Provides a road through the ongoing and evolving succession planning and leadership development needs in an organization.
To visit the website and access the toolkits, go to: www.leadingtransitions.com
Publication of the Week -- Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work by Leslie A. Perlow
From the publisher: Does it have to be this way? Can’t resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost? In Sleeping with Your Smartphone, Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she shows that you can devote more time to your personal life and accomplish more at work. The good news is that this doesn’t require a grand organizational makeover or buy-in from the CEO. All it takes is collaboration between you and your team—working together and making small, doable changes.
Trend of the Week – Arts Organizations and Digital
Technologies
A survey of a wide-ranging mix of
U.S.-based arts organizations shows that the internet, social media, and mobile
connectivity now permeate their operations and have changed the way they stage
performances, mount and showcase their exhibits, engage their audiences, sell
tickets, and raise funds. These organizations are even finding that technology
has changed the very definition of art: 77% of respondents agree with the
statement that the internet has “played a major role in broadening the
boundaries of what is considered art.” Some 1,244 arts organizations that have
received funds from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in recent years
took this survey. Key findings include:
·
81%
of the organizations in this survey say the internet and digital technologies
are “very
important”
for promoting the arts· 78% say these technologies are “very important” for increasing audience engagement
· 50% “strongly agree” with the statement that the internet “has increased engagement in
· the arts by providing a public platform through which more people can share their work”
· 65% say digital technologies are “very important” for fundraising
· A majority of these organizations also agree that the internet is “very important” in
· increasing organizational efficiency (63%), and for their engaging in arts advocacy (55%).
The survey was conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. To read or download the full report, go to: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Arts-and-technology.aspx
Resource of the Week – Diversity Data Resources
The Diversity Data project, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, provides metropolitan-area level data regarding a number of indicators of diversity, opportunity, quality of life and health for various racial and ethnic population groups. This resource is available to a wide variety of potential users interested in describing, profiling and ranking U.S. metros in terms of quality of life. The indicators provide a scorecard on diversity and opportunity, and allow researchers, policymakers and community advocates to compare metro areas and to help them advocate for policy action and social change. The choice of indicators was grounded in recent work on urban inequality and health inequality, which points to the significance of racial/ethnic disparities in health, educational, employment and housing opportunities across metro areas. The Diversity Data project challenges urban researchers, policymakers and activists to define quality of life and health broadly -- to include opportunities for good schools, housing, jobs, wages, health and social services, and safe neighborhoods -- to compare achievement across metros, and to make continuous changes to keep metropolitan life healthy for all populations. Public policies may enhance or harm the well-being of diverse populations. Important policy areas include neighborhood integration, residential mobility, anti-discrimination in housing, urban renewal, school quality and economic opportunities. To access this resource, go to: http://www.diversitydata.org
Tech Tip of the Week -- Templates for Office
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