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Growing Pains: My Non-profit Journey

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With the growth of a non-profit come changes, some unexpected, and growing pains.  As Sofia Crisp shares in this post, leaders of emerging non-profits should ‘be careful what they ask for’.  If a growing non-profit organization’s resources are at risk of being overwhelmed, a leader will have capacity challenge on their hands.

In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, eight leadership wishes shared by Sofia Crisp with Your Outcomes Well are being explored.

  • Crisp is the Executive Director/Founder of Housing Consultants Group, Greensboro NC.
  • This blog post will explore: Growing Pains for Growing Non-profits.

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Published August 27, 2015 by

My Non-profit Journey: Avoiding Mission Creep

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Non-profit leaders can, at times, put their organizations in a precarious position. Taking on causes which fall outside of what they truly do best is one way this occurs.  As Sofia Crisp has learned, just because funding can be easily found doesn’t mean a new cause should be immediately embraced.  To avoid suffering the woes of mission creep, the mission and core competencies of the organization must be fully considered first.

In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, eight leadership wishes shared by Sofia Crisp with Your Outcomes Well are being explored.

  • Crisp is the Executive Director/Founder of Housing Consultants Group (HCG), Greensboro NC.
  • This blog post will explore: Avoiding Mission Creep.

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Published August 6, 2015 by

Challenges I’ve Faced: My Non-profit Journey (Part 2)

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Challenges, challenges, challenges.  Sofia Crisp shared a few of her challenges in Part 1 last week.  When the NC housing organization leader realized that all her challenges wouldn’t fit in a single post, she wanted to share a few more.  Those will be featured in this post.  In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, leadership wishes shared by Crisp with Your Outcomes Well will be explored.

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