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