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vGROWTH, SCALE AND REPLICATIONTris Lumley
London, March 2013
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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ORGANISATIONS THAT HAVE GROWN
Worked with other organisations
Inspire evangelists for your programme
Clear programme design
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WHAT IS NEEDED TO GROW(THE THEORY)
Growing an organisation
• Unrestricted funding
• Long-term funding
• Evidence of impact
• Feedback mechanisms for need and what works
• Right infrastructure
Growing an intervention
• Unrestricted funding
• Working with other organisations
• Evidence of impact
• Clarity over the model
Growing an idea
• Unrestricted funding
• Working with other organisations
• Evangelist-in-chief
• Working with business
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THE TWO FACES OF CHARITIES
Raising resources
Delivering activities
The world in practice can be very different from theory…
An organisation can be ‘successful’ by scaling one or both of the two sides of its model
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WHAT IS NEEDED TO GROW(IN PRACTICE?)
Growing an organisation
• Brand
• Fundraising
• Political agendas
Growing an intervention
• Brand
• Political agendas
Growing an idea
• Networks
• Guru/entrepreneur culture
• Buzz/hype
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WHAT DO WE NOT YET KNOW
• How can a charity know if it is ready for scale?
• When are there economies of scale, and when are there diseconomies of scale?
• What are the best models available for charities to scale up? Is collaboration, merging, franchising or organic growth more likely to succeed?
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MARCH 2012