Nonprofit Digest Spring 2012

In this issue, we are so very pleased to feature a guest commentary by Gail McGovern, CEO of the American Red Cross, reporting on the successes the organization has experienced in bringing hope and progress to Haiti over the past two years since a devastating earthquake took countless lives and virtually destroyed the island nation. We also bring you an article by Joe Evans, CEO of Method Frameworks and renowned business consultant, on how to make innovation a cultural norm in your organization. We are confident you will find Mr. Evans’ Roadmap to Innovation a useful tool in your ongoing efforts. You will also find in this issue a new model for measuring and guiding nonprofit organization alignment, by your editor, as well as an exceptional article by expert evaluator Veena Pankaj, et. al., Director at Innovation Network, featuring three case studies of organizations that included stakeholders in their program evaluation. We wrap up this issue with a blueprint for bringing prosperity to the people of Ghana by Peter Troniseck, and a review of the book Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success. We are confident you will agree that this issue of Nonprofit Digest is an invaluable asset as you seek to bring strategic innovations to your nonprofit organization.