{"id":58,"date":"2016-01-12T02:49:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T02:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2016-01-28T18:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T18:05:34","slug":"writing-for-nonprofits-sp16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/writing-for-nonprofits-sp16\/","title":{"rendered":"328 Writing for Nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utexas.instructure.com\/courses\/1164941\/assignments\/3777329\">AD Mission Statements<\/a>\u00a0(Due 1.31)<\/h3>\n<h4>Wk 3 Readings: See <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/writing-for-nonprofits-sp16\/nonprofits-schedule\/\">Schedule<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>For Discussion:<\/h3>\n<div>Boyle, Robert John. &#8220;Unfollow Humans of New York.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Uproxx.\u00a0<\/em>Uproxx, 27 January 2015. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2016\/01\/24\/unfollow_humans_of_new_york_the_site_engages_sentimentally_with_real_political_matters_empathy_is_much_harder\/\">Web<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/l\/AQDzJsk-2MhGHJ_om25SUKpN92yYHfEne38\">Grobman Annotations<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Additional Wk 2 Readings:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chung, Elizabeth. &#8220;Ten Killer Nonprofit Mission Statements to Learn From.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Classy<\/em>. Class, 23 June 2015. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classy.org\/blog\/10-killer-nonprofit-mission-statements-to-learn-from\/\">Web<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFifty Example Mission Statements.\u201d <i>Top Nonprofits<\/i>. Top Nonprofits, LLC, n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/topnonprofits.com\/examples\/nonprofit-mission-statements\/\">Web<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kolowich, Lindsay. \u201cTwelve Truly Inspiring Company Vision and Mission Statement Examples.\u201d <i>Hubspot.<\/i> Kolowich, 4 August 2015. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/inspiring-company-mission-statements\">Web<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Starr, Kevin. \u201cThe Eight-Word Mission Statement.\u201d <i>Stanford Social Innovation Review<\/i>. Stanford University, 18 September 2012. <a href=\"http:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/the_eight_word_mission_statement\">Web<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>References from Grobman:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/www.missionstatements.com\/nonprofit_mission_statements.html<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-271 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/01\/default.aspx_.jpg\" alt=\"default.aspx\" width=\"169\" height=\"156\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/01\/default.aspx_.jpg 386w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/01\/default.aspx_-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.leader101.com\/?tag=leader-to-leader-institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>From Chung:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-274\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/01\/10-killer-nonprofit-mission-statements-to-learn-from-.jpg\" alt=\"10-killer-nonprofit-mission-statements-to-learn-from-\" width=\"595\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/01\/10-killer-nonprofit-mission-statements-to-learn-from-.jpg 733w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/01\/10-killer-nonprofit-mission-statements-to-learn-from--290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/zacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2016\/01\/10-killer-nonprofit-mission-statements-to-learn-from--676x698.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is it about Possible Health&#8217;s MS that makes Chung say it &#8220;rolls easily off the tongue&#8221;?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chung says &#8220;rapidly&#8221; is a &#8220;key word&#8221; in Team Rubicon&#8217;s MS. Do you agree?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>An excerpt from Starr:<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Mission statements in the social sector are often the same kind of word-salad, but there isn\u2019t a common raison d\u2019etre. As\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssireview.org\/topics\/category\/impact_investing\">investors in impact<\/a>, we\u2014the Mulago Foundation\u2014don\u2019t want to wade through a bunch of verbiage about \u201cempowerment,\u201d \u201ccapacity-building,\u201d and \u201csustainability\u201d\u2014we want to know exactly you\u2019re trying to accomplish. We want to cut to the chase, and the tool that works for us is the eight-word mission statement. All we want is this:<\/p>\n<p>A verb, a target population, and an outcome that implies something to measure\u2014and we want in eight words or less.<\/p>\n<p>Why eight words? It just seems to work. It\u2019s long enough to be specific and short enough to force clarity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/the_eight_word_mission_statement#sthash.xeOlWexZ.dpuf<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What differences do we\u00a0notice between the writing styles of Grobman and Starr?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Razor-sharp clarity about where you\u2019re going allows you to ask three critically important questions: 1) Is this the best way to get there? 2) Is there anything else we should be doing to accelerate along the path? and 3) Is everything we\u2019re doing really focused on getting there? The first question helps prevent the bane of startups, fixing too early and rigidly on a specific idea; the second pushes evolution of models and activities; and the third helps you avoid or get rid of stuff that is a distraction or waste of bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>(A classic example of the last issue is an organization that is doing, say, poverty work in Africa, but putting a lot of effort into \u201ceducating\u201d people in the United States. That\u2019s like installing a mile-long rubber band between effort and impact. The education effort needs to become part of a cost-effective, fund-raising program or a laser-focused effort to change specific policy\u2014or it needs to be killed.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/the_eight_word_mission_statement#sthash.xeOlWexZ.dpuf<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>How can we articulate the stylistic difference between Grobman and Starr?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<h3>Mission Statements: Campus Carry Controversy<\/h3>\n<h4>Background Reading:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campuscarry.utexas.edu\/\">Campus Carry Working Group<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/campuscarry.utexas.edu\/CCWorkingGroup-FinalReport.pdf\">Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>NPOs with stake in the campus carry controversy:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/home.nra.org\/\">National Rifle Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/momsdemandaction.org\/\">Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/everytownresearch.org\/\">Everytown for Gun Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/smartgunlaws.org\/\">Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/concealedcampus.org\/\">Students for Concealed Carry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keepgunsoffcampus.org\/\">Keep Guns Off Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sccc.gtorg.gatech.edu\/\">Georgia Tech Students for Concealed Carry on Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>EX MS Revisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0AD Mission Statements\u00a0(Due 1.31) Wk 3 Readings: See Schedule For Discussion: Boyle, Robert John. &#8220;Unfollow Humans of New York.&#8221;\u00a0Uproxx.\u00a0Uproxx, 27 January 2015. Web. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Grobman Annotations &nbsp; Additional Wk 2 Readings: Chung, Elizabeth. &#8220;Ten Killer Nonprofit Mission Statements to Learn From.&#8221;\u00a0Classy. Class, 23 June 2015. Web. \u201cFifty Example Mission Statements.\u201d Top Nonprofits. 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