Root Cause Solutions e-newsletter
Root Cause Solutions is a bi-monthly e-newsletter covering key issues and topics facing problem solvers working in nonprofits, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. It includes leading-edge strategies for building enduring solutions to our most pressing social problems, drawn from our work with our consulting clients and our social enterprises. In addition, each issue provides our recommendations of other important articles and tools on the featured topic.
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Getting Strategic About Communications: How to Conduct a Communications Audit
September 2007
The better you are able to communicate with your stakeholders, the greater success you will have in getting them excited about your work and ultimately achieving your desired social impact.
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Empowering Your Board to Empower You
July 2007
If you lead a nonprofit, chances are you have puzzled over the right set of roles for your board....
Conducting a Need and Opportunity Analysis
May 2007
A Need and Opportunity Analysis enables organizations to identify their niches and develop solid, strategic approaches to addressing core social problems. The Need and Opportunity Analysis is made up of two main components...
Writing a Prospectus
January 2007
This issue of Root Cause Solutions describes the content of a winning prospectus, offers suggestions on how to use it, and lists useful tools for marketing organizations dedicated to solving social problems.
Measuring Performance and Impact
November 2006
A prerequisite for any organization striving to achieve lasting social impact is a rigorous self-evaluation system, and a regular schedule for reporting results, both internally and externally, and it's possible to get started even with limited resources.