

ISSUE IN PROFILE

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Issue in Profile is an annual event presented by The Nonprofit Council that focuses on current issues affecting nonprofits and the community at large. Attendees include community and nonprofit leaders , businesses and local government who lead and manage change within their organizations along with board members, philanthropists and funders who support the nonprofit sector.
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Past speakers and topics include:
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2019: Karen McCullough - "Change is Good, You Go First"
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2018: Karen McCullough - "Gaining the Generational Advantage"
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2017: Nirav Shah, Director of Social Finance, presented on an innovative model to finance effective social programs called "Pay for Success"
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2016: Adrian Bordone (GuideStar) and Michael Thatcher (Charity Navigator) explained why they wrote letters to donors and nonprofits explaining why overhead percentages are not effective for measuring a charity's performance and outcomes. The speakers were also interviewed for The Nonprofit Council's video "The True Cost of Fundraising"
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2015: Vu Le, author of the blog Nonprofit AF (formerly Nonprofit With Balls) reinforced the need to change the conversation with donors
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2013/2014: Dan Pallotta, author of "Uncharitable" and "Charity Case", highlighted the absurdities of the nonprofit "starvation cycle" and potential solutions
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2012: Steve Goldberg, author of "Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets", identified the problem of fragmentation of funding and dilution of impact​