Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Seth Godin on "The Problem With Non"

Seth Godin's stuff is nearly always right on target for churches. However, today he writes specifically to nonprofits, the importance of our mission, and our paralyzing fear of change--good stuff!

Did you start or join this non-profit because of the non part? I doubt it. It's because you want to make change. The way the world is just isn't right or good enough for you... there's an emergency or an injustice or an opportunity and you want to make change.
These organizations exist solely to make change. That's why you joined, isn't it?
The problem facing your group, ironically, is the resistance to the very thing you are setting out to do. Non-profits, in my experience, abhor change.

Read the rest here.

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