Conference Roundup: Learning From the Corporate World

It would be foolish for nonprofits not to begin exploring some of the practices instituted by their corporate partners, he warned.

Aschermann, who previously served as senior vice president and chief marketing and development officer for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, said the organization reached out to corporations to get ideas on how they operated. BGCA, which is headquartered in Atlanta and has about 4,000 clubs nationwide, is a nonprofit that enables young people, especially those in need, to become productive, responsible citizens.