Shifting the paradigm: New directions for non-profits and funders in an era of diminishing resources

Mataira, Peter J.; Morelli, Paula T.; Matsuoka, Jon K.; Uehara-McDonald, Summer

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“…No older than six years. A current relevant literature review is important to establish research credibility because the worldwide business macroenvironment is changing rapidly owing to key megatrends such as the continuing economic instability after the 2008 global fiscal collapse (Mataira et al, 2014, Read, 2012, Strang, 2012c, longitudinal global terrorism-data security threats, (Strang, 2014c, Strang andAlamieyeseigha, 2015) and increased cross-cultural sharing of knowledge through the Internet (Goodwin andStrang, 2012, Strang andVajjhala, 2015).…”

Section: Contemporary Not-for-profit Critical Success Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Leadership tops the list of competencies that a NFP needs to be successful, at least according to the literature (Alsudairi and Tatapudi, 2014, Beynaghi et al, 2016, Germak, 2014, Koski and Lee, 2014, Mataira et al, 2014, Lan et al, 2014. Additionally, as reviewed in this section, a NFP needs to have other requisite skills to be successful, namely, A clear operational governance for members, information technology assets and skills, capable human resources, ethical accountability and financial management, marketing communications for benefit promotion and strategic planning skills for fund raising and longevity.…”

Section: Contemporary Not-for-profit Critical Success Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

Strang

2018

MBE

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyze how strategic planning is used as critical success factors (CSF’s) in not-for-profit (NFP) organizations. This was because many nonprofits had to innovate their operations owing to the global fiscal crises, the continuing international economic instability, natural disasters or the increasing man-made worldwide terrorism. Additionally, the objective is to identify what successful nonprofit organizations actually do to remain effective at the national association level of analysis. Design/methodology/approachA constructivist research design ideology is applied (in contrast to the customary positivist philosophy to collect quantitative). The literature is critically reviewed to identify NFP CSF’s and terms such as capacity building. NFP institutions are theoretically sampled using US-based retrospective data to identify practitioner CSF activities. Applying a constructivist research design ideology, the theoretical CSF’s from the literature review are compared to practitioner activities. Representatives of NFP organizations are invited to participate in a strategic planning exercise to identify the most important CSF’s from the literature and practice that would be needed in the future. FindingsSeven of the nine United Nations NFP capacity building CSF’s are similar to NFP nine practitioner best practices. In comparison to the general literature, NFP practitioners applied leadership, strategic planning, innovation, documented procedures/training, human/technology resource management, financial management, accountability practices, ethical standards with professional communications policies, collaborative fundraising and marketing initiatives along with performance success evaluations. Research limitations/implicationsThe sample was drawn theoretically from 44 nonprofit state-centered institutions in the USA. Although statistically the results pertain strictly to US-based nonprofits, the principles should generalize to other countries as revealed by the similarity with United Nations innovation and strategic planning recommendations. Originality/valueThe authors applied a strategic planning exercise with the 44 participants at their recommendations to prioritize the CSF’s. The result was an innovative SWOT-TOWS diagram that summarized how the nine CSF’s were prioritized and grouped into the three categories of market performance, ethical responsibility and human resources.

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Section: Contemporary Not-for-profit Critical Success Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Contemporary Not-for-profit Critical Success Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

Strang

2018

MBE

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“…Leadership development is high on the list of capacity building requirements in developing nations (Alsudairi and Tatapudi, 2014;Beynaghi et al, 2016;Germak, 2014;Koski and Lee, 2014;Lan et al, 2014;Mataira et al, 2014). Operational governance and human resource training are related.…”

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Needs assessment of international capacity building using a Delphi technique

Strang

2017

WJEMSD

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to engage African subject matter experts to assist with a needs assessment of international capacity building for developing countries in Africa, to establish a prioritized list of capacity building keywords substantiated by a current literature review. Design/methodology/approach A pragmatic mixed-method research design was used which involved conducting literature reviews and applying a modified Delphi technique to determine future research needs. The credibility of these results was strengthened by selecting a Delphi subject matter expert panel from African countries including Benin, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Cameroon, Congo, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Algeria and Nigeria. Non-parametric statistical techniques were used to objectively analyze the qualitative data and prioritize the findings. Findings The results clearly identified seven literature keywords which could improve future African capacity building research (in order of highest importance first): Trade Union (regional economic integration), Governance, FDI, Emigration, Education, Economic (small business stimulation), and Brain Gain. Additional keywords surfaced in the literature related to these ones, namely healthcare and brain drain (emigrating academics and scholars). Research limitations/implications The results of this study should generalize to government and capacity building policy administrators in Africa as well as to other researchers and practitioners in this field. The use of a novel modified Delphi technique should also be of interest to other researchers. Originality/value The modified Delphi technique commenced with a knowledge sharing conference where pre-selected subject matter experts collaborated to define the initial scope of questions. Another novel aspect of the customized Delphi technique was that the subject matter experts were required to conduct a literature review to substantiate their responses to questions.

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“…The typically researched areas about crowdfunding as sociotechnical practice include the promotional campaign (Meyskens & Bird, 2015), success predictors in fundraising (Calic & Mosakowski, 2016;Kaartemo, 2017), the individual and organizational precursors of donating behavior (Palacios et al, 2016;Cecere et al, 2017), the functionality and the design of fundraising platforms, e.g. the impact on revenues of enabling privacy control mechanisms for donors' identity and contribution amount (Mataira et al, 2014). For instance, the visibility and traceability of supporters and their contributions in donation-based crowdfunding result in a relative leveling of donations, with peak and low-end sums tempered around middle-range values (Burtch et al, 2015;Kuppuswamy & Bayus, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Time to act: discourse on time in crowdfunding for social entrepreneurship project

Stan

Fanea-Ivanovici

2019

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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The context of public governance outsourcing social services and constantly downshifting its role creates the premises for increasing impact of crowdsourced social entrepreneurship and grassroots mobilization. The study envisions the innovative concept of social entrepreneurship by crowdfunding through a sports event, with Swimathon as study case, where most of Romanian NGOs are active to promote their calls for fundraising. Swimmer-participants are fundraisers who take on a challenge (e.g. swimming a target distance) with the aim to raise funds, in teams, for the causes they support. This fundraising event involves donors in a participative setting that combines short-term volunteering and crowdfunding. The research aims to understand practices by which crowdfunding projects grouped into categories navigate constructs on time. The ensuing research questions are as follows: What typology of time orientation do crowdfunding projects in the Romanian landscape of sports-oriented social entrepreneurship display? What do they shift, reshape, and build on in terms of time agency, time management and time empowerment? The current study seeks to uncover and chart patterns of time-bound discursive strategies that aim to attract donors for crowdfunding projects in Romania. It brings forth questions of power and influence, by explaining and synthesizing the variety of manners in which trade-offs and synergies and modelled and mapped. The thematic analysis of fundraising calls for action is structured two-fold, namely: the denotative and the connotative dimension of time. The first component reveals time agency, time use and time management as keynote discursive trends, whereas the second reveals the following categories: time and emotion, quality time and time pressure. Metaphors of time used in the discourse over sustainability appeared coupled with pressure to intervene fast. Findings gathered by connotative discourse analysis induce the idea of grassroots mobilization and individual agency to the forefront, whereas social structures of institutional support are afforded background importance. The study ends with a discussion on implications of using time cues for emerging trends in the build-up process of Romanian crowdfunding projects.

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Shifting the paradigm: New directions for non-profits and funders in an era of diminishing resources

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Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

Needs assessment of international capacity building using a Delphi technique

Time to act: discourse on time in crowdfunding for social entrepreneurship project

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