http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2009/07/overhead-the-misguided-metric-of-the-non-profit-world/ God-centered leadership (that avoids the Christian cheese-factor) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2009/07/overhead-the-misguided-metric-of-the-non-profit-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 Pat Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:36:42 +0000 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/?p=1744#comment-2058 This is a great point to make. For the two years I lived on raised support, I was occasionally annoyed by the 12% that Campus Crusade took out of what I raised (I'm told 7% went to overhead, and 5% to international missions, or something like that). But without the extensive administrative support of CCC, it'd be a far different and probably less effective ministry. This is a great point to make. For the two years I lived on raised support, I was occasionally annoyed by the 12% that Campus Crusade took out of what I raised (I’m told 7% went to overhead, and 5% to international missions, or something like that). But without the extensive administrative support of CCC, it’d be a far different and probably less effective ministry.

]]> http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2009/07/overhead-the-misguided-metric-of-the-non-profit-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 John Knight Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:16:39 +0000 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/?p=1744#comment-2036 Very important and helpful piece. The non-profit community is not served well by this single measurement. And continually reinforcing it just trains the next generation that this is somehow more important than actual impact. Very important and helpful piece. The non-profit community is not served well by this single measurement. And continually reinforcing it just trains the next generation that this is somehow more important than actual impact.

]]> http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2009/07/overhead-the-misguided-metric-of-the-non-profit-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 Here’s an Example of Efficiency Destroying Effectiveness : What’s Best Next Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:12:55 +0000 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/?p=1744#comment-2035 [...] up on a post yesterday which made the point that too much of a concern for efficiency can undermine effectiveness, here is a tragic example where efficiency destroyed [...] [...] up on a post yesterday which made the point that too much of a concern for efficiency can undermine effectiveness, here is a tragic example where efficiency destroyed [...]

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