Comments on: When Non-Profits Are Their Own Worst Enemy https://shareourstrength.org/when-non-profits-are-their-own-worst-enemy/ Ending Hunger and Poverty in the US and Abroad Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:39:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 By: Susan Hyatt https://shareourstrength.org/when-non-profits-are-their-own-worst-enemy/#comment-52 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:39:56 +0000 https://www.shareourstrength.org/when-non-profits-are-their-own-worst-enemy#comment-52 Billy:
I totally agree with you that many nonprofits need to learn how to create their own wealth – not just compete for a share of a finite "charity" pie. From my 20+ years experience with nonprofits, the folks who are stuck in the old school mindset of "charity" (aka "the tin cup mentality") can't see themselves as truly having organizational assets. Low to no risk action is the name of their game. As a result they may talk collaboration and sustainability but have no clue how to think, for example, win-win partnerships with businesses (as Share Our Strength does) that are not just a one way flow of donations. Can't count how many times I have heard, we don't want their corporate volunteers – that's too much work – we just want a check. I do a lot of nonprofit training and have a "workshop in a box" toolkit on how to strategically partner with businesses as a way to support shifting that paradigm – and it always amazes me how resistant folks are to try anything new. In these economic times though, those that don't learn to create their own wealth using a variety of strategies won't be here to tell the tale and certainly won't go to scale.

Sue Hyatt
Business Nonprofit CONNECTIONS, Inc.
http://www.StrategyforGood.com

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