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 19, 2015 by

My Non-profit Journey: Successes I’ve Achieved

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Sofia S Crisp took time, in the last post, to share a recent Board Development success she and her Team achieved.  This achievement, however, would never have occurred if two earlier successes hadn’t happened.  The housing organization survived its first 5 years.  As well, Crisp’s visionary approach to training and educating her staff, and herself, stands as a noteworthy success.  These 2 successes laid the groundwork for the evolution of her non-profit’s Board.

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 will be explored.

  • Crisp is the Executive Director/Founder of Housing Consultants Group (HCG), Greensboro NC.
  • Her 3rd wish: Successes I’ve Achieved.  This blog post will focus on:
    • Team education and training
    • Surviving the early years

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Published August 13, 2015 by

My Non-profit Journey: Building the Right Board

8931832451_9720cff219_bIn growing a non-profit, a leader will encounter ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’.   As long as they learn from challenges along the way, they’ll be well-positioned for better outcomes in the future.  In an effort to make the journey of others better, Sofia S Crisp took time, in the last 2 posts, to openly share some of her own non-profit journey challenges.  Her other purpose, in telling her story here, was making it clear that her organization “prevailed over every challenge it faced”.  It emerged as ‘a stronger organization’ she strongly feels.  She firmly believes that others can also overcome their challenges.  Ironically, the seeds of a non-profit leader’s future successes often lie in the challenges they’ve overcome.

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 will be explored.  In the last two posts we explored her second wish (Challenges I’ve Faced)

  • Crisp is the Executive Director/Founder of Housing Consultants Group (Greensboro NC).
  • Her 3rd wish: Successes I’ve Achieved.  Building a Better Board, to allow her organization to achieve better outcomes, is the topic of this blog post.

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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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Published July 29, 2015 by

My Non-profit Journey: Challenges I’ve Faced

3228415990_30e954dd17_bIn growing a non-profit, a leader will encounter many challenges along the way. The challenges of a non-profit organization emerge just like those of a for-profit firm.  In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, eight leadership wishes shared by Sofia Crisp with the Your Outcomes Well will be explored.  Last week we explored her first wish (Working ‘in your Gift’)

  • Crisp is the Executive Director/Founder of Housing Consultants Group.
  • Her 2nd wish, featured in this post: Challenges I’ve Faced.

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Published July 22, 2015 by

Working ‘in your Gift’ (My Non-profit Journey)

cropped-cropped-istock_000003055228_large1.jpgIn life, there are no Do-Overs. However, in an early-June 2015 meeting which the Your Outcomes Well team had, Sofia Crisp was asked if there was anything she wishes she had known when she first launched the housing, non-profit organization (Housing Consultant Group) she has successfully led since 2004.  She paused, reflected on the question asked, and offered an insightful list of ‘I Wish I Knew’ things. These streams of thought were the seed and inspiration for a blog series, which begins today with this post.

In this Series, My Non-profit Journey: What I Wish I Knew When I Started, each of the eight leadership wishes shared by Crisp will be explored.  Her first wish, featured in this post: Working ‘in your Gift’.

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Published July 14, 2015 by

Why I Started My Non-Profit (Sofia S Crisp)

When I first started thinking about launching a non-profit, I didn’t think it would be easy. However, having already mastered being a Cardiac Nurse, Real Estate broker, and being a Single Parent (of 2 wonderful daughters) it seemed very doable. How hard could it be? I was confident. I thought to myself: I can handle this.

I will share with you in this post the journey of planning, starting, and leading the Housing Consultants Group (Greensboro NC).

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