About this ebook
What makes a successful nonprofit?
The measure of a nonprofit is the ability to make a positive impact on the user community. The nonprofit exists for no other reason than to deliver high quality services and products that benefit society. Hard work, inspiration, aspirations, a dedicated staff, and wishful thinking are not enough to guarantee a sustainable future.
To ensure a bright future, the nonprofit must think, act, plan, learn, and live as one organism. Leaders must embed a culture that promotes forward thinking. Don’t leave the future to chance. This book will help you to create, lead and manage the future.
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About the author
Mark Mullen is an incisive, strategic thought leader with an entrepreneurial mindset and focus on building nonprofit capacity in: (1) delivery of high quality programs; (2) generating revenue to support the mission; and (3) increasing organizational visibility and awareness.
With a 25+ year career in the public sector leveraging data, organizational assets, and intangibles, Mark possesses a history of strategic leadership, business acumen, and excellent client service. The driving force behind the creation of ongoing management processes for formulating the specific strategic initiatives needed to close gaps between today's reality and tomorrow's aspirations, Mark's work includes tailored solutions to problems that "keep you awake at night."
Skilled at operating in politicized situations and reading the power dynamics, both internally and externally, Mark knows how to build people, programs, and teams to move strategy and organizations forward.
Throughout his career, Mark has been responsible for the design, operation, and improvement of systems that create and deliver the organization's products or services. This has included overseeing and aligning organizational processes, systems, and operations to ensure efficient and effective execution of policies and procedures; developing metrics and reporting tools; and evaluating results to ensure that organization objectives are being met.
Mark earned both Bachelor of Science (Education) and Master of Science (Educational Leadership) from Temple University. In addition Mark also earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Organizational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania.
