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How Non-Profit Shifts From Survival to Growth Mode - Courtney Spence
In Chapter 3 of 16 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Courtney Spence answers "What is Enabling Your Ambition to Shift Away from How to Survive to How to Thrive?" After seven years in operation, Spence finds her organization hitting an inflection point from a small budget and staffed organization operating in a recession to a future-focused organization ready to scale. She finds conversations shift from verbal support to actionable requests to help. Spence is founder and executive director of Students of the World - http://studentsoftheworld.org - a non-profit that partners with passionate college students to create new media to highlight global issues and the organizations working to address them. Spence graduated with a BA in History from Duke University.
Published 1 year ago
How Rejection Can Strengthen Fundraising Resolve - Courtney Spence ('02)
Non-profit executive Courtney Spence shares how secured school administration financing to launch what would eventually become her non-profit Students of the World (www.studentsoftheworld.org). Spence pitches the idea to several Duke University administration officials. Early rejection pushes Spence to refine her pitch and continue presenting it to potential investors. Ultimately, Spence connects with the VP Student Affairs, receives financing, and goes back to those who had rejected the idea and ultimately finance the project.Published 2 years ago
