Comments on: Nonprofit Sustainability http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/07/02/nonprofit-sustainability/ Making visionary community change practical Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Hildy http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/07/02/nonprofit-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-30928 Hildy Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:05:17 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=153#comment-30928 Mohamed: Yes, you are so right that these are all factors in sustainability. As you are considering all those factors, two resources may help guide you. The first is a 3-part article on sustainability here: http://is.gd/2qfxG The other is the library of articles here, on a broad range of topics http://www.help4nonprofits.com/H4NP.htm I hope these are helpful! Hildy Mohamed:
Yes, you are so right that these are all factors in sustainability. As you are considering all those factors, two resources may help guide you. The first is a 3-part article on sustainability here: http://is.gd/2qfxG

The other is the library of articles here, on a broad range of topics http://www.help4nonprofits.com/H4NP.htm

I hope these are helpful!
Hildy

]]> By: Mohamed http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/07/02/nonprofit-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-30927 Mohamed Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:27:01 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=153#comment-30927 Intresting topic. I am resoposible now for setting up a non-profit educational organization in Saudi Arabia and have to think very hard about its sustainability. Some of the factors that came to my mind to ensure sustainability are: (1) building intellectual capital (2) effective corporate governance (3) wide participations of all stakeholders (4) well-managed endowment fund; and (5) adopting a business model that ensures sustainability. Intresting topic.
I am resoposible now for setting up a non-profit educational organization in Saudi Arabia and have to think very hard about its sustainability. Some of the factors that came to my mind to ensure sustainability are:
(1) building intellectual capital
(2) effective corporate governance
(3) wide participations of all stakeholders
(4) well-managed endowment fund; and
(5) adopting a business model that ensures sustainability.

]]> By: Hildy http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/07/02/nonprofit-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-8867 Hildy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:28 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=153#comment-8867 Thanks, Dave! And I love the work Ashoka is doing with Community Engagement - thanks so much for your comment AND your work! Hildy Thanks, Dave! And I love the work Ashoka is doing with Community Engagement – thanks so much for your comment AND your work!
Hildy

]]> By: Dave http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/07/02/nonprofit-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-8861 Dave Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:33 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=153#comment-8861 Very interesting post, particularly the exercise with word association. The philosophy you are describing is exactly what we are trying to promote in Ashoka's Citizen Base intiative. Your question “How could engaging the community in this item make the results more effective?” is almost word for word from a conversation I had the other day. The word we use is "citizen" , we call nonprofits "citizen sector organizations" and talk about that act of engaging the community as "building your citizen base or support". I think we are calling for the same flip in mindset in the citizen sector :) and how we approach 'sustainability' and ultimately the entire funding norm in the sector. Great post. Very interesting post, particularly the exercise with word association.

The philosophy you are describing is exactly what we are trying to promote in Ashoka’s Citizen Base intiative. Your question “How could engaging the community in this item make the results more effective?” is almost word for word from a conversation I had the other day. The word we use is “citizen” , we call nonprofits “citizen sector organizations” and talk about that act of engaging the community as “building your citizen base or support”.

I think we are calling for the same flip in mindset in the citizen sector :) and how we approach ’sustainability’ and ultimately the entire funding norm in the sector.

Great post.

]]> By: Hildy http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/07/02/nonprofit-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-8849 Hildy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:57:03 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=153#comment-8849 Aditya: I would love to see more engaged approaches used by for-profit entities as well. The focus of this blog is within the nonprofit / Community-Benefit sector, which is why the post focused there. But you are correct - if businesses focused more on engagement, they would indeed find life more sustainable as well. Thanks for the thought! Hildy Aditya:
I would love to see more engaged approaches used by for-profit entities as well. The focus of this blog is within the nonprofit / Community-Benefit sector, which is why the post focused there. But you are correct – if businesses focused more on engagement, they would indeed find life more sustainable as well. Thanks for the thought!
Hildy

]]> By: aditya http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/07/02/nonprofit-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-8848 aditya Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50:15 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=153#comment-8848 Whatever you said could just as well apply for profit making organizations as well. Why the specific emphasis on non-profit organizations? Whatever you said could just as well apply for profit making organizations as well. Why the specific emphasis on non-profit organizations?

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