[PODCAST] Sustaining + Scaling Your Mission with We Are For Good

Nonprofit leaders - do you have an "all growth is good" mindset, or are you looking to strategically sustain and scale your organization?

Growth and Scaling are not the same thing.

Growth says - “We'll launch new programs, take on adjacent projects, move based on the suggestion of one board member or powerful donor, sell first and figure out how to deliver it later.”

Scaling says - “We're going to get really good at something that truly serves our community and the folks who want to support them. We're going to test and refine until we know exactly what it takes to do this well, and we're going to do it in a way that we can replicate over and over again.”

Growth pushes us to do more, create more, communicate more, hire more, all so we can fundraise more - often to support a non-strategic or unsustainable operation.

Scaling pushes us to get clear on what we do best, simplify, remove what isn't serving our community or our team, be real about our capacity and budget, and be dedicated to consistently delivering.

Growth isn't always bad - especially when it's done strategically - but it can be a burden with decades-long repercussions.

Scaling isn't the right fit for every organization, but it's a clear path to expanding impact for organizations who know who they are and how they want to change the world.

If you're looking to build a more sustainable organization or have dreams of scaling your impact, do not miss this We Are For Good episode on Sustaining + Scaling Your Mission.

And if you're not already following my fellow panelists - Kimberly O'Neil, Brian Joseph, Eric Newman - and the incomparable Becky Endicott, CFRE and Jon McCoy, CFRE, now's the time to start!