Kennard T. Wing

Publications

"Boosting Creativity," Strategic Finance, 2012

"The Discipline of Finishing," Strategic Finance, 2010

"The Nonprofit Sector in Brief, Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering, 2009," Urban Institute, 2010

“Introducing Lean for Nonprofits,” Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal, 2010

“Getting Things Done,” Strategic Finance, 2010

“Overhead is Overrated in Financial Reporting,” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2009

“Free: 375,000 Nurses,” Hospitals and Health Networks Weekly, 2009

“Simple Secrets of Power Presenters,” Strategic Finance, 2009

“Ready to Pay it Forward? Give Mentoring a Try,” Strategic Finance, 2009

The Nonprofit Almanac (7th ed.) (With T. Pollak and A. Blackwood ) Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 2008

The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Facts and Figures from the Nonprofit Almanac 2008, Public Charities, Giving, and Volunteering (With A. Blackwood and T. Pollak), Urban Institute, 2008

“Collaboration in Foundation Grantor-Grantee Relationships” (with K. Fairfield) Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2008

 “Functional Expense Reporting for Nonprofits: The Accounting Profession’s Next Scandal?” (with T. Gordon, M. Hager, T. Pollak, and P. Rooney) The CPA Journal, 2006

“The Limits of ‘Usefulness’,” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2006

“Scrimping on Overhead: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish,” California Association of Nonprofits Alert, 2006

“Paying for Not Paying for Overhead,” (with M. Hager, T. Pollak, and P. Rooney) Foundation News and Commentary, 2005

“Should a Board Member Become the Chief Executive?” Board Member, 2005

Lessons for Boards from the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Project (with M. Hager, T. Pollak, and P. Rooney) Urban Institute, 2004

Special Issues in Nonprofit Financial Reporting: A Guide for Financial Professionals (with M Hager, T. Pollak, and P. Rooney) Urban Institute, 2004

Donating to Charity: A Guide (with M. Hager, T. Pollak, and P. Rooney) Urban Institute, 2004

Getting What We Pay For: Low Overhead Limits Nonprofit Effectiveness (with M. Hager) Urban Institute, 2004

The Quality of Financial Reporting by Nonprofits: Findings and Implications (with M Hager) Urban Institute, 2004

“12 Keys to Better School Outreach Programming,” Grantmakers in the Arts’ Reader, 2004

“Four Strengths of Surveys and How to Squander Them,” Grantmakers for Effective Organization’s Results, 2004

“Why More Foundations Are Providing Operating Support,” Neighborhood Funders Group’s NFG Reports, 2004

“Assessing the Effectiveness of Capacity Building Initiatives: Seven Issues for the Field,” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2004

“Common Challenges to Measuring the Effectiveness of Capacity Building,” Grantmakers for Effective Organization’s Results, 2003

“Don’t Spread It Thin,” Foundation News and Commentary, 2002 (Winner, 2003 Silver Excel Award, Society of National Association Publications)

“When Flex Comes to Shove: Staffing and Hospital Census” Nursing Management, 2001

“Become a Better Leader” Strategic Finance, 2001

“Using Enhanced Cost Models in Variance Analysis for Better Control and Decision-Making” Management Accounting Quarterly, 2000

“Don’t Sacrifice Substance for Results,” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2000

“Painless Performance Appraisals” Strategic Finance, 2000

“The Perennial Problem of Communication,” OD Practitioner, 1999

“Implementation Literacy: The ABCs of Successful Organizational Change,” OD Practitioner, 1999

"Two Cheers for the Academy," Academy of Management Review, 1994

"Lessons from Experience: The Role of Research in Improving Substance Abuse Prevention," Journal of Community Psychology, 1993

"Implications of Feedback Research for Group Facilitation and the Design of Experiential Learning," Small Group Research, 1990

"Organizational Impacts of Microcomputer Technology," Microcomputers, Corporate Planning, and Decision Support Systems, 1988

"What's an Economist to Do?" Business Economics, 1987