Shifts in Nonprofit
Organizational Culture
I want to help create more:
Our conversation this evening:
SOURCE ATTRIBUTION - THE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES LAW CENTER www.theselc.org
From the brilliant lawyer cartoonist, Janelle Orsi:
Some problems with traditional management structures
“So what’s a worker self-directed nonprofit?”
“We are defining this as a nonprofit organization in which all workers have the power to influence the programs in which they work, the conditions of their workplace, their own career paths, and the direction of the organization as a whole. Our own experience practicing worker self-direction and an emerging body of research both show that distributing leadership throughout an organization can create organizations that are more effective at advancing their mission, more adaptable and responsive to complex systems, more accountable to their communities, and more equitable and fun places to work!”
http://www.theselc.org/worker_selfdirected_nonprofits
In other words, the pros of WSDN include:
How WSDN improves an organization:
Nonprofits must adopt written structures to implement worker self-direction!
The SELC website is an amazing resource:
Topics and Videos (more coming soon):
http://www.theselc.org/worker_selfdirected_nonprofits
Self-governance takes constant practice and learning
Nonprofit Democracy Network - a community of practice, organizational development training program, and peer support network for nonprofit organizations that want to deepen democracy within their organizations and make our movements for justice more participatory, responsive, and leaderful.
http://www.theselc.org/nonprofit_democracy_network
Legal issues that must be managed when self-managing
Legal issues that must be managed when self-managing
Some cons/potential negative issues with WSDN
What’s next for you?
Shifts in Nonprofit
Organizational Culture