• INTERVIEW:  On the Move with the Orange County Performing Arts Center When Terry Dwyer became President of the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 2006, OCPAC was approaching completion of a significant expansion.  This article discusses how Dwyer and his team have delivered nationally recognized, innovative and exciting performances and education programming, while extending the Center’s reach into the increasingly diverse communities that comprise modern Orange County.
• INSIGHT:  Nonprofit Leadership Strategies for the Great Recession In 2009 the California Council of Land Trusts organized a conference attended by 300 leaders from 60 land trust organizations. The articles assembled in this document are based on brief speeches delivered by well known leaders in the field.  We believe that their ideas have significance not only for conservation organizations, but also for nonprofit leaders and boards serving arts, education, human services and social justice nonprofits.
• CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT:  Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Dr. John Long     named Vice President of Research & Collections.  Dr. Long joins the Museum after serving as Head of Sciences of the Museum Victoria in Melbourne.  Having published some 28 books, over 200 papers and articles, and named more than 50 new prehistoric species, Dr. Long was awarded the prestigious Eureka Prize for the Public Promotion of Science in 2001, the Riversleigh Society Medal in 2003, and the Australasian Science Prize in 2008 for his discovery of the world's oldest vertebrate embryos.  He assumes responsibility for managing a Research and Collections Department of 55 staff that conduct original scientific, anthropological, and historical research to advance human discovery while enhancing the experience of Museum constituents.
• INTERVIEW:  Plotting the Course for the ASIAN ART MUSEUMAn Interview with Director Dr. Jay Xu.  Jay Xu leads one of the largest museums devoted exclusively to Asian art. He was previously the Art Institute of Chicago’s Pritzker Chair of Asian and Ancient Art, the Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art at the Seattle Art Museum, and also performed curatorial work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Shanghai Museum.  We asked Dr Xu to discuss the place that Asian art has in the United States, the challenges that this institution has faced over the years, and his priorities as he leads this important museum into the future.
• INTERVIEW:  Manifesting the Mission of Independent SchoolsAn interview with Dr. Michael Pratt, Head of BRENTWOOD SCHOOL.  A native of Virginia, Dr. Michael Pratt leads the renowned Brentwood School in Los Angeles. Over his career, Dr. Pratt has served a number of institutions as a teacher, department chair, NEH program officer, Academic Dean and, for the last 8 years, as Head of School at Brentwood. We asked Dr. Pratt to comment on the challenges faced by independent schools, and how he ensures that his school’s various constituents optimally support the strategies developed by Brentwood’s board, professional and faculty leaders.
• INSIGHT:  Nonprofits and the Financial Meltdown A discussion of how leading nonprofit executives and boards are preparing for success in 2009 and beyond. This issue includes articles on founder transitions and on strategies used by our nonprofit clients to braoden their base of contributed revenue. 
• INTERVIEW:  GLIDE FOUNDATION - Founder Transition Case StudyThis article provides a complete version of the case study summarized in the INSIGHT Newsletter Volume 1, and discusses some of the challenges that founders, boards and new leaders must together confront as they strengthen nonprofits through large scale transitions.
• TRENDS:  Funding NonprofitsAs recruiting consultants, our principals frequently discuss fundraising with boards, chief executives and candidates.  In the process we are exposed to a broad array of strategies used to drive contributed and earned revenue, and learn much about successful and not-so-successful fundraising approaches.  This article discusses how successful board leaders and nonprofit executives aggressively raise contributed revenue for their organizations.