Thanks for the Link
Posted on June 11th, 2007 by Jamie
Thanks to Rosetta Thurman for including us in her “Friday Four” links on Friday. Rosetta has a blog called “Perspectives From the Pipeline: Observations on the Nonprofit Sector from the Next Generation.” She liked the post that I did about constraints-driven solutions. How about this quote from Rosetta:
What’s that you say? We don’t have to automatically increase our budget every year? There may be different and cheaper and better ways to do things? Hmmm, now can we just brand that on nonprofit leaders’ foreheads with hot fireplace pokers?
Ouch!
My only concern here is that Rosetta may be conflating the value of generative constraints and the need for growth in revenue streams. Associations and non-profits should not use current limitations on available resources as a justification for rejecting growth-oriented strategies that can create long-term sustainability.
Jeff, I do agree with you. I do not mean to imply that nonprofits should not seek to grow, just that we should not seek to grow for growth’s sake alone. I see no sense in automatically increasing a budget over the one you had last year just because it ‘feels’ right. I am, however, implying here that sometimes nonprofits leave out the strategy part.