Stop being nice. Sometimes, you need to be irritatingly right!
Nonprofits are filled with optimistic and wonderfully generous people. The world undoubtedly needs lots of these folks. This is all well and good when all is calm, and your organization happily continues to thrive. But what happens when you encounter tough times?
Uber wants to be Amazon. Should a nonprofit want the same thing?
Do you remember the children’s car game, Mad Libs? We want all you social entrepreneurs, you leaders of nonprofits, you do-gooders to play. Fill in the blanks in the essay below. Be serious but have some fun. And, no fighting in the back seat!
MAD LIBS for Nonprofits
Do you remember the children’s car game, Mad Libs? We want all you social entrepreneurs, you leaders of nonprofits, you do-gooders to play. Fill in the blanks in the essay below. Be serious but have some fun. And, no fighting in the back seat!
True or False? Over 78% of nonprofit board members voted for Bernie Sanders in 2016
What do you think?
In Boston, education nonprofits often get the scraps
Boston has a hyper-active education social services sector where a handful of agencies dominate, and many languish. Are there simply too many agencies competing for the same limited funds? Is that the entire story? A few months ago, I began to examine Boston-area nonprofits that serve urban Pre-K to 12 public schools. I counted 116 […]
We Are All Missionaries
In 1905, Mark Twain scratched the following statement in his notebook. He foresaw the underlying cause for today’s nonprofit logjam: “We are all missionaries (propagandists of our views),” he quipped. “Each of us disapproves of the other missionaries.” Even Mr. Twain would likely have argued that the world needs social entrepreneurs, today’s missionaries. Doctors without Borders, […]
79 Strategic questions you need to ask
“Don’t go by what ‘everybody knows’ instead of looking out the window.”– Peter F. Drucker Competition is as much a fact of life for nonprofits just as it is for corporations. Nonprofits and their funders need to understand who else is serving a community and how these social enterprises plan to grow. This strategy tool is […]
