Wildfoote: A Leadership Journey

Don't Panic - Part 2

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to facilitate an afternoon session with board members from several Illinois Youth For Christ chapters.  After some excellent discussion and sharing of ideas, I closed the session by giving them some a few thoughts on how I believe nonprofits should be responding to the economic crisis that we are facing.

I shared a couple of these (Don't Panic and Be Realistic) on this blog in December.  Here are the rest of them.

Small vs. Big

Many of us are schizophrenic.  We like the services, products, and opportunities afforded by Big stores (lots of products), banks (lots of ATMs), churches (lots of programs), etc.  But we like the feel of the Small, niche, “mom and pop” organizations and businesses.  It seems they take time to know us and are responsive to our needs.