It Takes More than Heart

It would appear that at least once every week there is at least
one workshop somewhere in this country telling people how to start a
nonprofit.  Where are the workshops
telling people why not to start a nonprofit? 
Where are the workshops on alternative ways to bring your wonderful idea
to life?

There is a tremendous amount of ignorance and a whole lot of heart behind those who want to start a nonprofit and those who “help” them to do so.  Help is in quotes because it really isn’t helping at Read more

Nonprofit Tipping Points

If not familiar with the phrase “tipping point,” perhaps it is now time to do so.  Many may have learned of the phrase thanks to Malcolm Gladwell’s 2002 book, The Tipping Point:  How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.” 

The phrase, however, is not a Gladwell original, but a
concept borrowed from economics, sociology and epidemiology.  While the concepts in each discipline play
out differently, they all end with the same result:  a seemingly small change adds up to create a
big change.  We ought to pay Read more