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Bob serves as President and CEO of GuideStar and serves on the boards of Vision TV, Grameen Foundation USA, and the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy. More...

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Robert Ottenhoff

On the Defensive Once Again

Posted on October 26th, 2009, in these categories: Nonprofit Practice

Most nonprofits are hard at work, laboring under challenging conditions with funding getting tougher by the month and demand for services continuing to increase. Others are working on important issues to elevate the sector to new heights, such as promoting transparency and accountability and measuring effectiveness and impact.
And yet public skepticism about the nonprofit [...]

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Using a Dashboard to Bring Focus and Alignment

Posted on August 24th, 2009, in these categories: Nonprofit Practice

GuideStar’s mission is to help donors make better and more informed decisions and—just as important—help nonprofit organizations become more effective and efficient.
Earlier this year I traveled to Los Angeles and witnessed an amazing event. There in a large hotel ballroom were more than 200 nonprofit-organization managers gathered to learn how to make their [...]

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