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This wiki as a "sister" site to the ning page created by Charles Coley to talk about sustainability of non-profit organizations. There have been lots of books and web activity in the last few years about cultural creatives, the creative class, philanthropy, personal development, organizational development, and how the conventional paradigms of "getting things done" are shifting to new models in the 21st century. Changes in our familiar models of profit vs. non-profit structures are happening right now -- not as a pie-in-the-sky hope for the future.
Here's a comment from Charles's ning blog:
"For some time now I've thought that the era of nonprofit organizations doing business as usual is ending. Funding is more competitive and more restricted than ever--and yet there are also more nonprofit agencies than ever before. It's no longer enough to just rely on foundations for funding and to send out grant applications when needed. Frankly, the nonprofit sector needs to think competitively and strategically in coming years.
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There's been some great pieces written in the past decade about "cultural hybrids." These are essentially organizations that are neither public nor private, but rather combinations of moneymaking AND vocation (or mission). Such agencies represent various social service movements and combine a service orientation with entrepeneurship. Cultural hybrids not only welcome a for-profit component within a social service context, but they also view it as essential to sustainability/capacity building."
See more of Charles's blog and the Social Movement ning site, and if you want to follow and contribute to what's going on, join this wiki and start adding your comments, blog entries, lists of books and web links, resources -- anything else you think is salient.
Thanks for stopping by,
Deb Eisloeffel
This wiki as a "sister" site to the ning page created by Charles Coley to talk about sustainability of non-profit organizations. There have been lots of books and web activity in the last few years about cultural creatives, the creative class, philanthropy, personal development, organizational development, and how the conventional paradigms of "getting things done" are shifting to new models in the 21st century. Changes in our familiar models of profit vs. non-profit structures are happening right now -- not as a pie-in-the-sky hope for the future.
Here's a comment from Charles's ning blog:
"For some time now I've thought that the era of nonprofit organizations doing business as usual is ending. Funding is more competitive and more restricted than ever--and yet there are also more nonprofit agencies than ever before. It's no longer enough to just rely on foundations for funding and to send out grant applications when needed. Frankly, the nonprofit sector needs to think competitively and strategically in coming years.
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There's been some great pieces written in the past decade about "cultural hybrids." These are essentially organizations that are neither public nor private, but rather combinations of moneymaking AND vocation (or mission). Such agencies represent various social service movements and combine a service orientation with entrepeneurship. Cultural hybrids not only welcome a for-profit component within a social service context, but they also view it as essential to sustainability/capacity building."
See more of Charles's blog and the Social Movement ning site, and if you want to follow and contribute to what's going on, join this wiki and start adding your comments, blog entries, lists of books and web links, resources -- anything else you think is salient.
Thanks for stopping by,
Deb Eisloeffel
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