Comments on: Losing the Nonprofit Charity Mindset

By: Losing the Nonprofit Charity Mindset | Social Velocity | Entrepreneuriat, Management & Créativité pour Entreprises sociales | Scoop.it

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:46:35 +0000

[...] Along with the burgeoning social entrepreneurship movement comes a bit of hubris that social entrepreneurs know better how to create social change than do the nonprofits that have been working on it for decades. We can’t dismiss an entire sector that has been working on social problems for years. However, I do think that there are some things that nonprofits can learn from social entrepreneurs. The most important is how to lose the Charity Mindset.Symptoms vs. SolutionsFundraisingInvestment in InfrastructureRespectTrue CostsI think the old adage is true, people will treat you the way you ask to be treated. If a nonprofit acts like a charity, people will treat it like one. Nonprofits need to stand up and demand to be treated as critical, equal partners in creating solutions. [...]

By: Charity mindset and business thinking | CISED

Charity mindset and business thinking | CISED — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:56:28 +0000

[...] Nell Edgington offers frequent and knowledgeable commentary on her blog Social Velocity. She recently (re)posted a valuable summary of what, in her view, charities can learn from social entrepreneurs. Reading this post will help you become a better agent for social change. [...]

By: Losing the Nonprofit Charity Mindset | Social Velocity | Arts Non-Profit Management | Scoop.it

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:48:16 +0000

[...] A charity mindset is when a nonprofit, its board, funders or others promoting its work have a narrow view that the organization is benevolent, but not critical, to the world at large. The charity mindset assumes that a nonprofit … [...]