Sustainable Nonprofit Business Models

About this event

Marc Smiley, Principal, Decisions Decisions

Lunch & Networking at 11:30
Presentation at 12:00

Do your current revenue strategies provide the support your organization needs to achieve its highest priorities? Take a fresh look at the relationship between generating earned and contributed income and meeting critical community needs. Explore new tools to:

• Analyze your current business model
• Define what real opportunities exist for earned income generation
• Define when it does and doesn’t make sense to focus on earned income
• Identify unused or underutilized capacities
• Plan and manage the development of appropriate business models for contributed and earned income

Consciously or not, a business model lies behind every nonprofit’s approach to generating income and directing resources toward achieving its mission. Whether your current model depends primarily on donations and grants, or generates significant support through fees, product sales, or contracts for services, this presentation will stimulate new ideas for refining your core strategies to generate contributed and earned revenue for your organization. Learn how you can help board and staff leaders guide investment of limited resources to increase your nonprofit’s capacity to sustain and enhance its most important work.

About the Presenter

Marc Smiley, Principal of Decisions Decisions in Portland, Oregon, has worked with nonprofit organizations as a director, fundraiser, board member, trustee, and advisor. For the last twenty years, he has been a consultant to several hundred organizations focusing on governance, planning, structure, and fundraising.

About the Network

Each session of the Rogue Valley Nonprofit Network is designed to strengthen your development and management skills while providing field-tested concepts and tools to take back to your organization for implementation. In addition to skills development and meeting with the experts, each session allows for networking and peer coaching in a collaborative learning environment.

Organizations and individuals are encouraged to attend the entire series by purchasing a season pass, learn more about season pass benefits here. Register for this session by selecting “register now” at the bottom of this page.