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My friend serves on a local educational non-profit. He's encountered a lot of problems during his tenure there, that explain why they don't play nicely with ma
by jimmywanger 10y ago
My friend serves on a local educational non-profit.
He's encountered a lot of problems during his tenure there, that explain why they don't play nicely with many silicon valley folks.
First, the non-profit's goal is to continue to exist, and that means to appease donors, not to serve the needs of the community.
Second, a lot of the employees are volunteers, which means they don't act quite professionally sometimes and push their own agendas to the detriment to the non-profit's overall goals.
Finally, and sadly enough, many of the volunteers lack professionalism. They routinely disclose information they were asked not to reveal, and they forget to document possible conflicts of interest
- raverbashing 10y ago> volunteers > professionalism Pick one Are those non-profits financed by local companies? Yes, it's usual that they will try to solve their own problems, that's why you select good people and give them a reason to thing about the bigger picture (that is, you pay them)
- jimmywanger 10y ago> Pick one Maybe I'm spoiled with who I've been working with, but even when you do something for free, you still try to do a good job while you're at it. For instance, if you're a landscaper, and you're doing a yard for a neighbor for a favor, you still break out the edger to to the extra mile on what you're doing.