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Connect with Success Planning
Ahead for Executive Transition
 An “era of transition” is approaching for a majority of Alliance for Children
and Families members with executives retiring or resigning. If the board of
directors and agency leadership are well prepared, and an executive transition
is properly managed, a
leadership change can strengthen the agency and energize
its mission.
Working with a Search Firm
 Executive search firms can be tremendously helpful to staff and boards when a
leadership transition is taking place because they specialize in filling key
positions.
What if? Future Scenarios as Building Blocks
 The dynamic process of scenario planning allows an organization or field to
clearly see—and seize—potential opportunities, while also providing several ways
to create great levels of risk reduction. For the first time, scenario planning
is being adapted for the nonprofit human service field by the Alliance for
Children and Families.
Preventing Disruption
(BUMP)
Post-Adoption Program Brings Permanency
After asking the state, “What could we be doing for you that is not being
done?,” Eagle Village in Hersey, Michigan, has been able to implement a
successful program that has helped many Michigan families who face serious
challenges after completion of special needs adoptions.
National Family Week
 Mini-Grants Help Maximize Events!
With National Family Week coming on November 20-26, 2005, learn about the
successful activities and how to plan them with the help of a mini-grant from
the Alliance for Children and Families.
Nonprofit Law
 Protecting Self-Critical Information
By Kathryn Vanden Berk
Whether or not internally generated “self-critical” agency reports are
discoverable in a lawsuit makes a big difference when investigating an incident
that has resulted in an injury to a client. Learn the legalities of certain
self-critical analysis before being hit with a lawsuit.
Fund Development
 By Bob Jones, Ph.D.
Search for Development Executive is Critical Task
Because the chief development officer is one of the key senior positions in a
human service agency, recruitment of this executive is one of the most important
tasks faced by a CEO.
EAP Service to Count On
FEI Behavioral Health offers variety of EAP services.
Orientations Highlight Benefits of Membership
A member orientation to all that the Alliance for Children and
Families offers can result in the comment, “Who knew?”
National Perspectives
Brighter Spotlight on Nonprofits
By Peter Goldberg
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