Comments on: Staff Reductions in the Business and Nonprofit Communities http://community.npowerseattle.org/patricks/uncategorized/staff-reductions-in-the-business-and-nonprofit-communities/ Technology, Tips, and NPower Seattle Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Steve Ames http://community.npowerseattle.org/patricks/uncategorized/staff-reductions-in-the-business-and-nonprofit-communities/#comment-2402 Steve Ames Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:15:33 +0000 http://community.npowerseattle.org/patricks/uncategorized/staff-reductions-in-the-business-and-nonprofit-communities/#comment-2402 We're a non profit doing exactly this. .. We’re a non profit doing exactly this. ..

]]> By: Joel Davis http://community.npowerseattle.org/patricks/uncategorized/staff-reductions-in-the-business-and-nonprofit-communities/#comment-2401 Joel Davis Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:11:25 +0000 http://community.npowerseattle.org/patricks/uncategorized/staff-reductions-in-the-business-and-nonprofit-communities/#comment-2401 Just this morning NPR had a story that is apropos to this subject: http://bit.ly/Xrqo . I suspect that the non-profit sector is a trailing indicator to some extent. It takes a while for a tight economy to trickle through to lower donations and decreased revenue from investments. And when the economy is tight, we need the services provided by the nonprofit sector more than ever. Also, since salaries are lower on average in the nonprofit sector, it's not as effective to cut staff. When I was employed by a nonprofit, it was always travel, conferences, and entertainment (Christmas and other parties) that were the first to go. Of course, the nonprofit sector hasn't been immune from layoffs so far. Last week NPR cut two programs and laid off 7% of their workforce: http://bit.ly/2rw0 Like the for-profit sector, the nonprofits that will survive are the ones that provide a valuable service, communicate well with their customers (donors and stakeholders), and (as nonprofits do best) squeeze every last bit of value out of a dollar. Just this morning NPR had a story that is apropos to this subject: http://bit.ly/Xrqo . I suspect that the non-profit sector is a trailing indicator to some extent. It takes a while for a tight economy to trickle through to lower donations and decreased revenue from investments. And when the economy is tight, we need the services provided by the nonprofit sector more than ever. Also, since salaries are lower on average in the nonprofit sector, it’s not as effective to cut staff. When I was employed by a nonprofit, it was always travel, conferences, and entertainment (Christmas and other parties) that were the first to go.

Of course, the nonprofit sector hasn’t been immune from layoffs so far. Last week NPR cut two programs and laid off 7% of their workforce: http://bit.ly/2rw0

Like the for-profit sector, the nonprofits that will survive are the ones that provide a valuable service, communicate well with their customers (donors and stakeholders), and (as nonprofits do best) squeeze every last bit of value out of a dollar.

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