Today we are at the threshold of an historic time for the nonprofit sector. Several powerful developments are coming together to make the next few years a time of unusual opportunity for positive change in the way nonprofits are structured, operate, and work with constituents. At the same time, the deep global recession will increase nonprofits’ risk of failure if they do not successfully address this tide of change. La Piana Consulting is currently launching an initiative to explore both key trends and creative, promising responses to them.

On June 20th, the sixth annual Craigslist Boot Camp occurred on the campus of UC Berkeley. I gave a morning talk on Real-Time Strategic Planning and my colleague Vance Yoshida discussed “How to Build a High Impact Board.”

We also launched La Piana Consulting’s latest research initiative, Nonprofit Next, funded by the James Irvine Foundation and Fieldstone Alliance. Our staff set-up video booth stations throughout the event and collected nearly 100 testimonials from attendees on where they will take nonprofits next. We asked folks to give us their take on the state of the sector, their own innovative ideas for coping with change, and any insights they would like to share.

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