Do the clients, family members, and donors of your nonprofit understand your value the way you want them to? [...]
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There is a long-standing debate over whether nonprofits should be like businesses or exempt from the rigors of business analysis. We think they should be treated like businesses and here is why. [...] In our highly competitive world, a nonprofit must be very good to survive. Is there such a thing as being too good and too specialized? [...] In theory, collaboration is a great idea. How do you collaborate to maximize the value of your nonprofit’s mission? [...] It is obvious that government support of charitable activities is declining. How do you respond to the decline? [...] If being reasonable means making adjustments in your organization to conform to the expectations of the world, then your nonprofit should be unreasonable. Your nonprofit must change the world to conform to your ways. [...] Being part of a strong network is important to your mission and your sustainability. A well connected nonprofit enjoys broad and strong support. [...] Be careful of success. Many of the struggling organizations we talk to are struggling because they are overly loyal to past success and the tried and true processes that produced the success. [...] Every nonprofit has benchmarks it wants to achieve and ones it must achieve. How do you set the benchmarks? [...] On the surface, government grants appear helpful and even necessary. Look carefully and you will see the risks associate with them. [...] |
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