building competencies for sustainability @spectrumsteve steve zimmerman, spectrum nonprofit services
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Building Competencies for Sustainability
@SpectrumSteve
Steve Zimmerman, Spectrum Nonprofit Services
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COMMUNITY
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A shift is necessaryA shift is necessary
30% reported achieving long term sustainability was a top challenge in Nebraska
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“Is the nonprofit sector in permanent financial stress, or is this an entrenched message that we tell ourselves and each other?” Kate Barr,
Nonprofit Quarterly
A shift is necessary
Sustainability has been a top issue for 25 years
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What is
Sustainability?
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PROFITABILITY
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Reimagining Sustainability
Financial Viability
Mission Impact
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Financial sustainability (the ability to generate resources to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future)
and
Programmatic sustainability (the ability to develop, mature, and cycle out programs to be responsive to constituencies over time.)
- - Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability
Reimagining Sustainability
Sustainability encompasses both:
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SUSTAINABILITY is a orientation, not a destination.
system-wide
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“It is not a one-time thing, not an episodic thing, not a senior management thing or a board of directors thing. It’s really a mindset and way of organizational being.”
- - The Sustainability Mindset: Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic Decisions
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Embracing Change
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Key Questions
What do your constituents need?
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Key Questions
How do you define impact?
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Key Questions
How does each of your programs contribute to impact?
MISSION IMPACT
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Key Questions
What are the true costs of your programs?
Specific Program Costs
Shared Costs
Administrative Costs
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Key Questions
Who else is serving in your space?
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Key Questions
Have you fully invested in your success?
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Produce a modest surplus.
A reliable source of unrestricted support.
Largest sources of income paying for work that you deem essential to your impact.
Relying on a funding stream that is aligned with your organizational values.
Right Revenue
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What do your constituents need?
How do you define impact?
How does each of your programs contribute to impact?
What are the true costs of your programs?
Who else is serving in your space?
Have you fully invested in your success?
Key Questions
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Matrix Map Overview
What we do (bubbles)
Mix of mission-specific (blue) and fund development programs (green)(color of bubbles)
Where we are investing our resources (size of bubbles)
The net financial results of each activity (horizontal axis)
Relative mission impact of each activity (vertical axis)
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Financial Viability
Mission Impact
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Leadership
Mission Impact
Financial Viability
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Relationship Management
Candor and Rigor
Strategic Agility
What’s Next
Characteristics of Leadership
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Relationship Management
Candor and Rigor
Strategic Agility
What’s Next
Characteristics of Leadership
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Relationship Management
Candor and Rigor
Strategic Agility
What’s Next
Characteristics of Leadership
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Relationship Management
Candor and Rigor
Strategic Agility
What’s Next
Characteristics of Leadership
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Strategy is Ongoing
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Strategy is Ongoing
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Leadership
Mission Impact
Financial Viability
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If they’re involved they will create a future that already has them in it.
- Margaret J. Wheatley
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