Nonprofit leadership is hard. Most new nonprofit leaders are ill-prepared for the challenges they will face. And many experienced ones struggle to ensure their organizations deliver the change they are committed to. Looking for guidance, many look to business leadership for guidance, but nonprofits are not meant to be run just like businesses – different incentives drive different priorities. In particular, nonprofit leaders have a key advantage over business leaders in that purpose is fundamental to their organization’s work.
On the occasion of the publication of “How to Lead Nonprofits” by Nick Grono, we invite you to join this conversation between Nick and two other highly impactful nonprofit leaders, Mabel van Oranje and Danny Sriskandarajah as they explore the joys and challenges of non-profit leadership.
Speakers:
Nick Grono has decades of experience leading and chairing nonprofits. He is the CEO of the Freedom Fund, a highly successful collaborative fund dedicated to ending modern slavery around the world. His book “How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World” was published in July.
Mabel van Oranje is a human rights activist and serial entrepreneur for social change. She has founded, led and advised a diverse range of organisations, campaigns and initiatives promoting equality, freedom and justice. She plays a catalytic role in the global movement to end child marriage.
Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation from January 2024. Prior to this Danny held leadership roles at Oxfam GB, CIVICUS, the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Commonwealth Foundation and the Institute for Public Policy Research. He is a Trustee of the Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation and has previously been a Trustee of the Baring Foundation, Comic Relief, Disasters Emergency Committee and Praxis Community Projects; and has been a member of two United Nations High Level Panels, on digital co-operation and humanitarian finance. Danny holds a Masters and Doctorate from Oxford University, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Sydney.
Paul van Zyl is the co-Founder of The Conduit and Chief Executive Officer. Paul is a winner of the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He served as the Executive Secretary of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission and co-founded the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), an international human rights organisation based in New York City.
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