Phil Buchanan, Author at The Center for Effective Philanthropy

To What End?
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Mar 20, 2012 | Developing Strategy Assessing Performance, Developing Strategy By Phil Buchanan, Developing Strategy Developing Strategy

Phil Buchanan asks the philanthropic community not to lose sight of the essentials of goals and strategy.

The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Foundation Boards
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Mar 9, 2012 | Optimizing Governance Administration, Optimizing Governance By Phil Buchanan, Optimizing Governance Optimizing Governance

Phil Buchanan lists the bad habits that hinder the effectivness of foundation governance.

Data Matters: Let’s Look Within To Find Our Exemplars
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Feb 17, 2012 | Developing Strategy Assessing Performance, Developing Strategy By Phil Buchanan, Developing Strategy Developing Strategy

Phil Buchanan argues that we can find plenty of leadership on data utilization within the nonprofit sector, where exemplars abound.

To Judge or Not to Judge: The Brainstorming Myth
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Feb 14, 2012 | Managing Operations Administration, Managing Operations By Phil Buchanan, Managing Operations Managing Operations

Phil Buchanan reflects on the limits of brainstorming after having his assumptions challenged by a recent article from the New Yorker by Jonah Lehrer.

Seven “New” Concepts that Are Not So New After All: Reflections on a History of Philanthropy
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Jan 10, 2012 | Developing Strategy By Phil Buchanan, Developing Strategy Developing Strategy, Developing Strategy Managing Operations

After reading Olivier Zunz’s new book Philanthropy in America, Phil Buchanan reflects on the often overlooked history of the sector in the United States.

The Unique and Urgent ‘Business’ of Philanthropy
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Dec 22, 2011 | Developing Strategy Assessing Performance, Developing Strategy Assessment Tools, Developing Strategy By Phil Buchanan, Developing Strategy Constituent Feedback, Developing Strategy Developing Strategy, Developing Strategy YouthTruth

The following blog post is adapted from a talk presented at a meeting of the Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington. As Suk Rhee mentioned in her introduction, I am a native Oregonian, so I know that there is no better place than the Pacific Northwest. And I...

Making Transparency Matter
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Dec 8, 2011 | Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance By Phil Buchanan

There has been lots of talk lately about foundations and “transparency.” Perhaps the most prominent foundation transparency initiative is a website called Glass Pockets, launched about a year ago by Foundation Center. Its tagline? “Bringing transparency to the world...

The State of Performance Assessment, 10 Years Later
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Sep 6, 2011 | Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance By Phil Buchanan

Phil Buchanan glances back 10 years as CEP prepares to release a new report on performance assessment for foundations.

What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Sep 1, 2011 | Funder/Grantee Relationships By Phil Buchanan, Funder/Grantee Relationships Funder/Grantee Relationships

Phil Buchanan weighs in on the idea that the business sector can address the issues traditionally seen as the domain of nonprofits – and on the persistence of borders distinguishing one sector from the other.

Education, Philanthropy and Metrics
Phil Buchanan President, CEP

Aug 16, 2011 | Assessing Performance Assessing Performance, Assessing Performance By Phil Buchanan, Assessing Performance YouthTruth

Phil Buchanan writes about the challenge of ensuring that the current efforts of the big foundations and philanthropists to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for poor kids don’t meet the same fate as failed efforts of the past.

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