The Chronicle of Philanthropy
GUIDE TO MANAGING NONPROFITS
Monday, October 13, 2008


THRIVING AMID MANAGING CHALLENGES

Nonprofit managers are learning new skills to deal with the tough economy and other difficulties:

ONE PERSON has to lead, and that person needs a clear plan: excerpts from Michael Kaiser's The Art of the Turnaround, about saving troubled organizations.

RELATIONS between trustees and charity leaders are often fraught with difficulty, leading many nonprofit executives to seek guidance in how to work better with members of their boards.

A DISASTROUS FIRE at a Chicago shelter for homeless teenage mothers and their children, and how the charity dealt with it, offers lessons for nonprofit groups on what to do when a crisis hits.