Survive and Thrive: Three Steps to Securing Your Program's Sustainability - Softcover

Hutchinson, Kylie S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0995277400 ISBN 13: 9780995277403

Publisher: National Library of Canada, 2016

Synopsis

Your organization does important work. But are you (or your funders) worried about program sustainability? Do you ever struggle with questions regarding project sustainability on grant application forms? Packed with current research, case studies, and practical exercises, Survive and Thrive is your go-to resource for developing a sustainability action plan. Culled from three decades of work with nonprofits, Kylie Hutchinson will guide you through a straightforward three-step strategy that ensures your programs have a lasting impact for years to come. The steps in Survive and Thrive fit every organization, big or small, that wants to ensure its programs not only survive, but thrive.

About this title

About the Author

Kylie Hutchinson is principal consultant with Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation and loves producing engaging and useful resources for nonprofits. She has thirty years' experience assisting organizations of all shapes and sizes across North America to build stronger and more sustainable programs through her popular workshops and webinars.

Review

"Survive and Thrive is a wonderfully practical handbook for nonprofits who are figuring out how best to sustain their work and its impacts. We are eager to share this with our grantees as part of our efforts to support nonprofit capacity to improve life for all Oregonians." Kim Leonard, Senior Evaluation Officer, Oregon Community Foundation, Portland, OR
"Kylie, your time with our group was certainly a highlight last year. Folks loved your book and took it back to their organizations ready to focus on sustainability planning. You were repeatedly named as one of the most helpful parts of the conference with ideas that were practical, manageable, and thought-provoking."Shauna Tominey, Assistant Professor of Practice & Parenting Education Specialist, Extension Family and Community Health, Oregon State University"Survive and Thrive offers a balance of well-researched theory, compelling case examples, and deeply practical tools. Nonprofits, and the consultants that serve them, will delight at the clarity of the three-step sustainability process Kylie describes."
Corey Newhouse, Founder and Principal, Public Profit, Oakland, CA
"Kylie Hutchinson has masterfully tackled a growing challenge faced by every human service organization; how to continue to provide much-needed services when resources are often scarce, piecemeal, and time-limited. I've needed a book like this for a long time!"
Stacie Prescott, Deputy Executive Director, Options Community Services, Vancouver, BC
"Survive and Thrive has fundamentally changed how I approach the sustainability of our health, housing, and employment programming. The lessons within will impact our organization for years to come."
Marie MacCormack, Director of Special Projects, Fred Victor Centre, Toronto, ON
"Ongoing program sustainability is an ever-present and demanding issue for nonprofit organizations. Kylie's book is well-researched and chock-full of practical tools, worksheets, and plans for organizations to use while actively planning for their program's future. This book is an essential resource for the non-profit sector."
Janice Duddy, Manager of Evaluation, Pacific AIDS Network, Vancouver, BC
"I want this on my bookshelf - there are lots of practical ideas that I would like to use when thinking about a program's sustainability. I envision my copy will be dog eared and with lots of scribbling in it. It should be required reading for all non-profits!"
Heather Todd, Quality Assurance Manager, NONA Child Development Centre, Vernon, BC

Nominated for the Alliance for Nonprofit Management's 2017 Terry McAdam Book Award

Edition details

• Publisher: National Library of Canada
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0995277400
• ISBN 13: 9780995277403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146