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Harvard’s Good Business offers advice for struggling non-profits

Harvard’s Good Business blog has a piece today about Non-profits facing hard decisions. Last week we talked about how Minnesota non-profits are struggling, so it should come as no surprise that non-profits around the country are dealing with the same problems — increased demand, decreased donations. Nan Stone, the author of the blog post offers up some advice to non-profit leaders.

Hard times force hard choices – for nonprofit leaders and for those who support them. The best advice I’ve heard about how to make those choices is fundamentally the same on both sides of the philanthropic equation: Be clear about what matters most, and focus your resources there. For nonprofits, this means protecting your core programs and staff – the ones that have the greatest impact on the people and causes you serve – and cutting back, or discontinuing altogether, other less, essential activities. . .

Here’s my advice for MN non-profits. Sign up for the Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge. Not only do you get a chance to get a free Web site built by the best Web nerds in the area, you also get a chance to talk about your cause.

What are you waiting for? sign up today, the deadline (January 9th) is coming soon.

Nerds in need of non-profits to help

Photo by Jeremey Pavleck

They have yet to invent an instrument that can accurately measure the sheer amount of nerd power represented in this picture. Look at it!

So here’s the deal. We got nerds chomping at the bit to volunteer their time and talent to a noble cause. Really, go look at all the teams signed up for the Overnight Web Challenge. However, we seem to be lacking in the noble cause department. I know there are more than two non-profits in Minnesota who need new websites.

Sure, sure non-profits have until January 9th to sign up, but why wait? Get your name out there while the gettin’s good. Once you get signed up you can can spend the coming weeks gathering testimonials and resting up for the big event.

Look at these happy people. See how they talk about their cause? Did you listen to them wax poetic about how much the website will help them? That could be you! How often do you get a chance to go on and on about your worthy cause? Not often. Now’s your chance.

Yeah, I know, this feels a little bit like preaching to the choir here. But you know what, there is a way you can help. Right below these words here you’ll see a funky Share button. If you click that button you can easily post this to all kind of fun social networking type places including (but not limited to) Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Delicious.