There are lessons to learned for us looking to move our nonprofits into better position for the downturn. It should not be surprising but our lessons and challenges are going to be shaped by the trends in the powerpoint but our approach and outcomes are going to need to be different for 2 reasons.
1. We have a huge opportunity to reshape policy, culture and legislation over the next two years (at least).
2. Survival of our groups is important but in the nonprofit sector and advocacy and campaign world there is a sector relevance that relates to public attention. Going to ground to survive will result in our groups disappearing from the radar and then exacerbating the loss of relevance and funding.
Good strategy is good strategy and I don't think they are really offing much of a radical shift form typical business advise. cut costs and focus on core values. I am interested in two things.
What is different? What strategy did you shift because of the economic downturn? Why is the logic behind that recommendation shifted because GDP is now likely going downward?
