Uncharitable!

I just got back from the Outerbanks of NC spending time with my board and a couple more local heroes! 

We dined and shared libations together and told stories of who we are.  One after another people stood up at dinner and talked about their passion for what we do.  There were no other agendas discussed, we simply basked in Nobility!

The next day we talked about how we pay for all of this?  These are tough conversations for a nonprofit.  Our paradigm is changing and we all are adjusting to new realities.

Dan Palotta wrote a book titled Uncharitable and I encourage anyone engaged in any way with the nonprofit sector to listen or read about this man’s observation of how things are and why they need to change.  It opened up my eyes to the way most observe the business of philanthropy and offers fresh perspectives for change. 

My goals are to find common ground using for-profit business standards and applying them to the nonprofit business model. 

Where is our Girl Scout Cookie?  Consider how much of the resources of the Girls Scouts worldwide are dedicated to the selling, marketing, promotion, branding, volunteering, meetings and parental involvement of selling a cookie?  I know this is sacred cow but come on!  Think about it!!!!!!

Tomorrow is a new day for our organization and I plan to think differently about matching our resources to our mission!  Our passion lies in what we do and the impact it has in all of our lives and in those of whom we help. 

We plan to connect our revenue resources to our philanthropy and celebrate it!  We will search out partners that will invest with all of us to change lives in our community!

Our goal is to generate the assets that you don’t find on a balance sheet!

 

All of our great stories (and there are many) seem to have a common element.  They involve a lot of folks focusing on what they know is the right thing to do at that time. 

It is our job as an organization to uncover the opportunities and change them into possibilities utilizing resources that we have all invested in.

I am excited about the future of The Noblemen and I look forward to changing the perspective of our community and the way they consider investing in a local nonprofit, especially ours!

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