Brightside is an online mentoring nonprofit organisation based in the UK. Founded in 2003, Brightside is one of the largest online mentoring models, working with over 10,000 young people from low-income backgrounds throughout the UK every year. The organisation finds and trains mentors from across industries and leverages an online platform to connect them with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. [...]

The HBS-Accion Program on Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance is a Harvard Business School Executive Education program developed a Harvard Business School Executive Education program developed with the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion, an "action-oriented" think tank working toward financial inclusion worldwide. The program is led by faculty co-chairs Kash Rangan and Michael Chu. [...]

Frank Adams has had a transformational impact on the A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club, an affiliate of the Boys & Girls Club of America based in Birmingham, Alabama. Appointed CEO of the organization in 2012, Adams raised club membership from 500 to 1,700 and grew its operational budget from $1.3 million to $1.6 million in only three years. In recognition of his leadership, Adams was selected by his organization to attend the Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations (PMNO) program at Harvard Business School Executive Education. In this interview, he describes how the program has equipped him to make a greater impact as a CEO. [...]

That was it, the question I’ve been asking. Question Zero: What are we trying to accomplish? And do all of our stakeholders—board members, general members, external partners, and staff—have the same answer to the question? It didn’t take long; the first lecture of Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM), Herman “Dutch” Leonard’s talk on Results-oriented Management, set me on the path to answering the question for my organization, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). [...]

Sarah Wong, deputy director of organizational development at Amnesty International, sees performance management as an essential tool for developing leaders in the nonprofit sector. To gain insight into the latest thinking in her field and beyond, she attended Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations (PMNO) at Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education. In this interview, she shares her thoughts about the program. [...]