Nonprofit Management Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- General Material
January 2004
Building an Effective Board of Directors
Publisher(s):This document is a larger resource that gives detailed direction on building a strong board that can effectively fundraise for your nonprofit organization.
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- General Material
September 2003
Collaboration Math: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Publisher(s):This paper describes Collaboration Math, "a tool developed to help individuals and groups representing different disciplines, organizations or constituencies work together effectively."
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- General Material
July 2003
Managing in Hard Times
Publisher(s):Toolkit for managers during tough economic times and shifting political environment. While the focus is on conservation and the environment, the best practices and tools provided will assist any nonprofit in making assessments, in tracking finances, and how to make difficult decisions with the organization in mind.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2003
A Practical Guide to Evaluating Domestic Violence Coordinating Councils
Publisher(s):This is a manual that provides practical strategies for the evaluation of domestic violence coordinating councils, task forces and committees in order to make the process of evaluation easier.
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- General Material
January 2003
Organizational Prevention of Vicarious Trauma
Publisher(s):This article discusses the importance of work environment in the development of vicarious trauma problems for domestic and sexual violence workers.
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- General Material
March 2002
Public Policy: Representing Sexual Assault Survivors Through Public Policy Work
Publisher(s):This resource addresses ways in which service providers can get involved with developing public policy without violating nonprofit lobbying regulations.
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- General Material
August 2001
Domestic Violence Organizations Online: Risks, Ethical Dilemmas, and Liability Issues
This paper outlines risk and liability issues related to Internet use by domestic violence organizations, suggests risk-management guidelines to protect them from liability, and includes recommendations to further understanding re: online services.
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- General Material
March 2001
The CALCASA Strategic Forum Report: A Vision to End Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This report represents the culmination of CALCASA's year-long strategic visioning process, which seeks to foster better understanding of the impact of sexual violence and encourage further collaboration to end sexual assault in California.
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- General Material
January 2001
Gauging Progress A Guidebook For Community Sexual Assault Programs and Community Development Initiatives
In an easy-to-read format with examples and exercises, this guidebook is intended to lay the groundwork for thinking about how to gauge progress, with an emphasis on how to conceptualize evaluation of a community development initiative.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 2001
Evaluating the Outcomes of Domestic Violence Service Providers: Some Practical Considerations and Strategies
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document provides an overview of how to conceptualize and carry out program evaluation in domestic violence organizations. The authors include a discussion of how to design appropriate outcomes and collect data.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2001
The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
This page, an excerpt from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, lists characteristic of white supremacy culture that show up in our organizations, including perfectionism, sense of urgency, defensiveness, quantity over quality, and more. The page explains why these characteristics are harmful and offers antidotes to help dismantle white supremacy culture.
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- General Material
January 2001
Effective Capacity Building in Nonprofit Organizations
Publisher(s):This report contributes to the growing national conversation about how to help nonprofits become stronger, more sustainable, and better able to serve their communities. Offers insights and examples of how nonprofits have pursued building up their "organizational muscle."









