Recession, Recovery, and Renewal: Long-Term Nonprofit Strategies for Rapid Economic Change Book

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

Looking Back and Its Dangers

Looking Forward and Its Challenges

Organization of this Work

Section 1

Chapter 2 Cascading Crisis

The Great Recession of 2007-2009

The Near Term Roots

The Costs in Human and Economic Terms

The Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector

Chapter 3 Recovery and Near Term Economic Prospects

Overall Growth

Public Finance

Employment and Jobs

Household Incomes

Europe and Asia

Summary and Implications

Chapter 4 A Multi-Polar Global Economy

Economic Performance

The Global Middle Class

Industrial Structural Change

Capital Integration

Trade and Business Patterns

Summary and Implications

Section 2

Chapter 5 Changing Corporate Context

The United States

Industrial Structure

Employment and Skills

Corporate Markets and Location

New Firm Formation

Summary and Implications

Chapter 6 Changing Corporate Context

The Global “South”

Corporate Growth

Labor Force and the New Employee

Innovation

Summary and Implications

Chapter 7 It Depends on What You Mean By “Give”

Investing in Problem Solving

Social Enterprise

Program and Mission Related Investing

Social Franchising

Impact Investing

Variations and Applications

Summary and Implications

Chapter 8 Wealth

New Faces and New Places

A Glance Backwards for Perspective

Globalization

Women and Wealth

The Rise of the Young

Summary and Nonprofit Implications

Chapter 9 The Global Benefits of Rising Well-Being

Education

Health Status and Its Consequences

Participation and Connectivity

Summary and Nonprofit Implications

Chapter 10 Next Gen Leaders

The Emerging Corporate-Nonprofit Gap

Corporate Leaders

Nonprofit Leaders

Summary and Nonprofit Implications

Section 3

Chapter 11 The Globalization of Philanthropy in the U.S. and Abroad

Individual Giving to the World

Corporations: Giving Where the Markets Are

The Rising Strength of Philanthropy around the World

Summary and Implications

Chapter 12 The Erosion of Place

Migration

Borderless Technology

Summary and Implications

Chapter 13 Will Complexity Erode Trust?

Taxes and the Relationship with Government

The Views of the Public

Summary and Implications

Chapter 14 Programming for the Future

Global Health

States, Poverty, and Philanthropy

The Young and the Old

Summary and Implications

Chapter 15 The Arc of Philanthropic Innovation

The End of Definitions

A Complementary Resource System

A Word of Caution

Whence Passion?

Summary and Implications

Section 4

Chapter 16 Five Organizing Principles for Strategy amidst Rapid Change

Maintain an Outward Line of Sight

Create a Culture of Evidence

Set Reasonable and Measurable Goals

Ask, Ask, Ask: How’m I Doin’?

Attend to Brand

Do Not Act Alone

Summary and Implications

Chapter 17 The Utility of Fluid Discipline

Option 1: Run, Shoot and Holler

Option 2: Fluid Discipline

Summary and Implications

Chapter 18 Indicators and Evidence: A Suggested Place to Begin

Categories

Possible Partners in Implementation

Summary and Implications

Appendix 1 Case Solutions

Case A: Plunging Resources and Community-Wide Crisis

Case B: Private Resource Strategies for the Long Haul

Case C: Private Fundraising Strategy in a Newly Open Society

Case D: Global Company Seeks Global Engagement

Case E: Public Resources and Private Outreach

Case F: New Leaders, New Passion, Persistent Problems

Case G: Strength to Strength: Partnership to Boost Engagement

Case H: Globalization and Social Media

Case I: Multichannel Pathways to Reach New Fundraising Markets

Case J: New Strength Through Simplifying Identity

Case K: Communications Strategy for Shifting Demographics

Case L: New Institutions for New Demographics

Case M: New Brand Strategy Amidst Economic Crisis

Case N: Measuring Subtle Change in Diverse Organizations

Appendix 2 Self-Assessment Questionnaire

About the Author

Index