Community Building In analyzing 68 NPO’s, the Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management has uncovered 5 common success factors. (1) The ones who have results aim at results. They have a very clear definition of and concentration on what they are trying to accomplish. (2) They also abandon. They periodically look at what they’re doing, see what works and concentrate on that. (3) The successful ones know how to collaborate. They know how to mobilize community resources and work with others. (4) They do not look upon the beneficiaries as recipients. That creates dependence. Recipients are partners to success. The real beneficiaries are the volunteers. (5) You do not really achieve results by taking care of social ills. You achieve results by building a healthy body, a healthy community. And you do that by creating community citizenship through your volunteers. This is, by the way, why faith-based institutions are more effective than any others. (EXPLORER #28)
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