February, 2006 -by Peter C. Brinckerhoff

This Month's topic: Accountability


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This Month's Topic: Accountability
Each month, this area provides with a number of my favorite and most helpful sites regarding the topic of the month.

Management Tip of the Month

Each issue, I start with a discussion of my management perspective on the month's topic, and give you a few hands-on ideas to consider.

Recommended Publications

Here, I provide you with my recommendations on the  materials available that can help you become more mission-capable in the area of accountability.

Technology

I provide you with some good ideas for uses of tech to better your organization in the area of accountability.

Marketing Tip

So much to say, so little space to say it.....

Next Issue

In March, we'll examine an issue that is very timely:  Ethics and Management. How can you be deal with this dicey issue? We'll take a look


Websites of the Month

Here are my recommendations for websites of interest on this month's topic, Generation Change

www.buildingmovement.org/artman/publish/cat_index_31.shtml The Building Movement Project
www.transitionguides.com/ Transition Guides is all about leadership changes

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Management Tip of the Month
Accountability



If you found this hint helpful, there are lots more management, marketing, and technology ideas for you in the "Ideas" section at www.missionbased.com. Check them out--they're free.

And, remember to take a look at the Mission-Based Management Blog.

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Print Resources

My recommendations for texts on accountability are shown below. Note:

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Technology Tip 
Can tech help your accountability efforts?

If you found this hint helpful, there are lots more management, marketing, and technology ideas for you in the "Ideas" section at www.missionbased.com. Check them out--they're free.

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Training Schedule for Peter Brinckerhoff

Below you'll see the date, location, and topics of public training I'm scheduled to do in the next few months. For more information on a particular speaking engagement, get in touch with the contact person listed in the right hand column, or email me.

For more information on my availability throughout the next 12-18 months, available topics, sample agendas, and fees go to www.missionbased.com/training.htm

Date City Topic Contact
3/08/05 Chicago Setting Strategy in the New Environment Easter Seals, Inc.
Bob Petrosik
bpetrosik@easterseals.org
3/13/06 Battle Creek, MI Nonprofit Stewardship Ann Mavity
Fieldstone Alliance
amavity@fieldstonealliance.org
3/14/06 Detroit Nonprofit Stewardship Ann Mavity
Fieldstone Alliance
amavity@fieldstonealliance.org
3/16/06 Bloomington, IL Mission-Based Management United Way of Macon County
Gregg Cott
gcott@uwaymc.org

Marketing Tip
Marketing and Accountability

Dealing with and managing generation change is a marketing challenge. The key as always is to use the marketing sequence that you've read about here before. Let's look at the sequence through the generation lens:

If you want to see more about this in detail, take a look at more about my book Mission-Based Marketing; Second Edition

If you found this hint helpful, there are lots more management, marketing, and technology ideas for you in the "Ideas" section at www.missionbased.com. Check them out--they're free.

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Future Topics for the Mission-Based Management Newsletter....
March Ethics and Management
April Staff Satisfaction
May Boards who cross the
Policy/Management line
June Employee Rewards
July Saying "No" to Community Needs
August Board and non-CEO Relations
Send me your topic suggestions at peter@missionbased.com

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You asked, so here they are: Past Single-Topic Issues of the Mission-Based Management Newsletter...
2004 2005 2006
January Business Development Strategic Planning Generation Change 
February Fund Raising Leadership
March Volunteers Core Competencies
April Financial Management Expanding to New Markets
May On-line Marketing  Endowments 
June Transparency  Tech and Mission 
July Nonprofit Start-up  Sustainability 
August Governance Ethical Benefits 
September Political Activities Entrepreneurship 
October Attracting and Retaining Younger Staff, Board, and Volunteers Internal Communications  
November Outcome Measurement Board Recruitment 
December  Lifelong Learning Better Budgeting 

 
 
 

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