Squeezed in 2025: The People Problem for Nonprofits (NP2025 3 of 3)
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Squeezed in 2025: The People Problem for Nonprofits (NP2025 3 of 3)

ByPiAdmin

The People Problem: Volunteers and Staff Are Disappearing (NP2025 3 of 3) Beyond the budget, nonprofits in 2025 face an equally urgent issue: a shortage of people. Volunteer numbers have declined sharply in recent years, leaving many organizations without the support they need to run programs and events. While virtual and skills-based volunteering are growing trends, they haven’t replaced the lost volume of in-person engagement. At the same time, workforce shortages are disrupting internal operations….

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Scenarios Now and the Genius (hidden) within Crowd

ByDel Phi

It’s been about 10 years since the Great Recession of 2007-2008. (It formally started in December of 2007.) A 2009 McKinsey study showed that CEOs wished that they had done more scenario planning that would have made them more flexible and resilient through the great recession. In a 2011 article, Hall (2011) discusses the genius of crowds and group planning – especially scenario planning. The Hall article spent a lot of time assessing group collaboration,…

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EPA is finally going to conduct a big Environmental Study on Gas Fracking

BySustainMe

There has been a painfully slow move to NatGas in the US, even though we appear to have centuries worth of it using new fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques. The one holdup, kinda, is being blamed on the possible environmental impact from gas drilling. (As if it could be worse than oil with its BP Gulf and Exxon Yellowstone spills in the last two years.) So the EPA is conducting a few big studies. With…

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US’s looming Federal Debt crisis as described by Dave Cote of Honeywell.

BySustainMe

US’s looming Federal Debt crisis has to be addressed, and soon. Maybe not before the end of this week when the Federal government might shut down without a 2011 budget allocation. But soon. Check out this video for the Committee for Economic Development: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DKIg2CcLk  (5min) Or we can delay and let the debt market and the IMF help use with austerity decision. My favorite, always is the national debt clock: http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Any comments on its…