Insights
What we’re thinking and learning about right now, news that matters to nonprofits, and events and happenings in and around TSNE MissionWorks and the NonProfit Center.
Oct 30 2014 | By TSNE MissionWorks
Trina Jackson, Program Coordinator for the Inclusion Initiative, is visiting Palestine/Israel as part of Interfaith Peace-Builders' 2014 African Heritage Delegation. → More Categories: Social Justice
Oct 27 2014 | by Paul Horn, Communication Skills Coach
“The human mind is a wonderful thing—it starts working the moment you are born and it stops as soon as you get up to speak in public.” —Roscoe Drummond → More
Categories: Strategic Communications
Oct 23 2014 | By TSNE MissionWorks Leadership Team
“Leadership, like a piece of cloth, is strongest when its different parts are woven closely together, when there is a seat for everybody at the table.” – Trina Jackson, Leadership Team Member → More
Categories: Organizational Development
Oct 03 2014 | By Trina Jackson, Inclusion Initiative Program Coordinator, TSNE MissionWorks
On September 22, I was one of nearly 400,000 people from all over the world who took to the streets of New York City to call for action on climate change and to demand climate justice. → More Categories: Social Justice
Sep 15 2014 | by Claudette Rowley, MSW & CPCC
Metavoice Coaching and Consulting, Metavoice.org
What does trust mean on a team? Clients often describe trust as “being able to rely on someone to treat them well, honestly and fairly” (character) and to do “what they said they were going to do accurately and on time” (competence). In order for this... → More
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Aug 21 2014 | by Sandy St. Louis, Director of Communications, TSNE MissionWorks
This year we are excited to work with Active Living By Design (ALBD) and its executive director, Sarah Strunk. ALBD recently transitioned out of its university home, where it incubated and grew the program from its inception in 2002. → More Categories:
Aug 12 2014 | By Lyn Freundlich, Director of Human Resources and Administration, TSNE MissionWorks
Our nonprofit workforce needs a raise. At TSNE MissionWorks, we have just completed a regional compensation study, Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce – a snapshot of the salaries and benefits of 250 nonprofits from Massachusetts and our surrounding communities.... → More
Categories: Human Resources
Apr 29 2014 | By Jonathan Spack
A potentially revolutionary change in the way the Internal Revenue Service grants public charity status is in the works. Yet despite its far-reaching implications, this dramatic development has to date escaped the notice of most in the sector. → More
Categories: Public Policy and Advocacy
Apr 14 2014 | By Trina Jackson, Inclusion Initiative Program Coordinator, Third Sector New England
According to a recent article in The New York Times, Boston ranked third highest on the list of cities with growing income inequality, behind San Francisco and New York. → More
Categories: Diversity and Inclusion, Social Justice
Apr 14 2014 | By Arthur Prokosch
Online surveys have emerged as an efficient way for nonprofits to gather data from their constituents, donors - and even their peers - entirely through the Web. At their core, these systems include tools for defining and customizing survey questions, and... → More
Categories: Evaluation, Strategic Communications