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Nonprofit
Professional
Performance
Magazine
From the Publishers...
per-form-ance (n)
: 1.The act, process, or manner of performing.
2. An accomplishment; deed.
3. To begin, carry out, fulfill.
4. To function in a certain way; act.
How often do you, as a leader in your organization, ask, “Why you do what you do?”This is an extremely important
question. Isn’t it? Every day you act, engage, raise funds, inform, and bring impact to your community based on a
particular set of values.
Values
Regardless of whether you recognize them or not, they are present in your organization and they certainly
influence the way you do things and the depth of your impact.
In this issue, we examine what values bring impact to your organization and how. Each of our contributions
provides some insight into the ways that values influence your work, from our featured contributor, Peter
Sims, the co-founder of the nonprofit Fuse Corps, author of
Little Bets
, and co-author of
True North
with
Bill George; to Dr. Everett Worthington, whose encouragement for nonprofit organizations to embrace
forgiveness stems from his years of research and writing on forgiveness which has provided tremendous
international impact.
We at
Professional Performance 360 Magazine
and SynerVision Leadership Foundation are pleased
to present you with this issue of
Nonprofit Performance Magazine
and challenge you to envision how
each article in this magazine can be used to grow your organization. How can Dr. David Burkus’ advice
about creativity and empathy spur your imagination? What can you learn about transitions from Virginia
Tech Athletic Director, Whit Babcock? How do Dr. Lynn Wooten and Kelle Parsons change the way
your organization focuses on the positive? How do Hugh’s article and the article by Dr. Roberta Gilbert
reshape your action ideas for empowering values? And, how does Jeff ’s article affect how you think
about future leaders?
Research has continually shown that you value what you spend your time and attention on. What do
you value in your organization? What are your values? Are they written on a wall, or are they enacted
as you engage your members, board, donors, and staff?
This issue is our challenge to you, and us, to truly enact our values.When we do this, the impact on
our communities will be amazing!
Jeffrey Magee
Hugh Ballou