by Graeme | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorised
We’re please to announce a special set of our popular one-day Lasting Difference workshops throughout England in November this year: York: Monday 11th November at York CVS Manchester: Wednesday 13th November at the stunning GMCVO St Thomas Centre Birmingham:...
by Graeme | Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorised
This year is the 30th anniversary of when I began working in the voluntary sector (if you count volunteering in a Barnardo’s charity shop instead of going to a year’s worth of art history lectures!). So by now I thought I would know what the third sector needs. It...
by Graeme | Jun 10, 2019 | Making a Lasting Difference, sustainability
Over the last five weeks I’ve explored the four paradoxes of sustainability: The Change paradox: Only by changing can organisations be sustainable.The Yes/No paradox: The things that an organisation needs to survive can also kill it. The Efficiency paradox: Efficiency...
by Graeme | May 20, 2019 | Making a Lasting Difference, paradoxes, Principles, sustainability
In this, the fourth free excerpt from Graeme’s new book on nonprofit sustainability, he explains that the things that an organisation needs to survive can also kill it. Saying ‘yes’ to everything is fatal. This paradox manifests in organisations when they can’t...
by Graeme | May 20, 2019 | Making a Lasting Difference, paradoxes, Principles, sustainability
Our organisations need to reach out in new directions to grow. But growing in too many directions pulls us out of shape. When organisations need to change to survive (which they do), they reach out in new directions, growing new projects like tentacles, in search of...
