On their face, these don’t seem like elephants, they seem like statements of the obvious. But I remember the heated debate that exploded when at the second NetSquared conference someone suggested “some nonprofits just suck.” To many, this was an intolerable comment (even though, it is objectively true). The fact is, even though they try hard and are good people, some nonprofits are not very good. Some of them are even doing harm. The resources these organizations are using are being wasted and could be used by a better organization to make a real difference in the world. The nonprofits that can do more good with the available resources are better than other nonprofits.
Two Elephants in the Philanthropic Room | Tactical Philanthropy
Good post, and a follow-up to Jacob Harold’s address to the Donor 2.0 conference today. The changing landscape - switching from just giving to outcomes and impact tracking - is not just interesting from a donor-habits standpoint, but also from a “how do we collect and track that data, build that information?” standpoint.
