"Richard J. Tofel, the former president and founding general manager of ProPublica, offers actionable strategies to help nonprofit newsrooms and news entrepreneurs build sustainable organizations. Drawing on his years of experience in managing and running a nonprofit newsroom, Tofel shares how to: d
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raft a strong mission statement; create a business plan, devise a fundraising strategy; build a board; sustain organizational structure; and much more." (Back cover)
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"This study examines the challenges of good governance for community radio stations. It does this by exploring how volunteers, managers and members of the Boards of Directors at four community radio stations in Ireland view governance issues. The article finds that there are three key requirements f
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or effective governance in the context of non-profit community radio stations. First, participants described the importance of the Board’s leadership role in acquiring expertise in specific, necessary areas, such as finance, human resources and compliance. The Board was also seen to require a capacity to generate positive relationships between the station and its constituent communities. Second, participants outlined a number of practices that proved useful in achieving positive internal relationships between the Board, the volunteers and management. Third, participants described how a collectively shared ethos of community radio was useful in overcoming potential divisions by generating a shared sense of the organization for its members. The findings highlight the need for further research and analysis of the organizational uniqueness and consequent governance requirements of community media." (Abstract)
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"To be successful and sustainable, community broadcasters need all or at least some of the following: a favourable regulatory framework; comprehensive and meaningful participation mechanisms for the communities they serve; effective management and governance structures. From 18-19 March 2013 communi
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ty broadcasters in Namibia and members of their communities discussed aspects of community participation, governance and station management. The meeting was jointly organised by the media project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), fesmedia Africa, the Deutsche Welle Akademie and UNESCO. The following is a compilation of the key issues identified in group work and in the input by resource people from South Africa and Kenya." (Introduction)
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"The Guide presents principles, minimum standards and best practices, business processes, references and tools deemed important for effective, efficient, and sustainable organizations. The Guide consists of ten chapters that cover the key functional areas of most organizations. Each chapter (and ind
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eed each step and process within each chapter) can be used as a stand-alone document. With the exception of Chapter 3, Health and Human Services Regulations, the chapters in the Guide can be used by many different types of organizations, in many sectors (such as agriculture, health, peacebuilding, water supply, nutrition, education, or environment.) CRS offers the Guide as an adaptable tool which may be used to develop new, or strengthen existing, policies, processes and practices." (About the guide, page 7)
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