Non-profit commitment to a democracy

Good continuation of the year 2022   💚💟💙💛

It is happiness that is in focus, not to get rich

To gather around an idea and work together; volunteering. Volunteer = to be able to choose to get involved yourself. An active and dedicated person who shows enthusiasm for something non-profit; entrepreneur, inspirer, brainstormer, committed pusher = what we call fiery soul.

   Every cloud has a silver lining

- There is a brightening in every sorrow; behind every cloud the sun looks ahead.

How to be inspired to be more active in the association, what causes some to have a "bleeding tooth"? How do we meet members who are "fire and flames"? How do we keep the steam going? Talk to farmers in the farmers' way and with the scholars in Latin. Speak clearly.

  ??    some people make a lot too little money

 while a consultant makes a little too much money  ? ? 

   

"-Greedy-Jo sometimes has discussions with Handsome-Jo, and They does not always win."

Timbuktu sings;

Everyone wants to go to heaven, but few want to die

You want to comb the winnings, but do not sow any seeds

You want your piece of cake, you want to eat it also

People want to take back, but refuse to give

Is money the driving force rather than the mission, compared to the corporate world?

- Some people only have money as a driving force. But there must be a management that wants to build the company and its future. And compensate for it in a competitive way. If only money is their driving force, we will find warning signs fairly quickly.

 

Short term, long term. Greed. A few who get very rich. Does it matter to the rest of us? Expressed as follows in the corporate world:  - When the owners demand such a fast and high return, it leads to reduced investments. Because if the companies choose to invest, there will be less money left over to distribute.

The profit demands have become a cuckoo king who starves out of everything else. With declining investment, the economy stops, unemployment takes hold. That is why both the Minister of Finance and many economists are concerned: how should we increase investment and reduce unemployment?

Association activities then? Subsidies, fees, activities, tax-free, etc. The medicines that are tried are many, although there may be a much simpler way: That boards make more reasonable demands on returns. That they use the profits for investments. Note the risks of excessive self-interest.

- We have a climate today, a bonus-oriented society, where we choose people who are driven by their own wallet. Then we also do not get leads that can think in larger terms than that; to think about?

Volunteer, fiery soul, Non-profit, Passionate, committed…

The non-profit involvement is a association's most important resource, but at the same time a resource that is constantly lacking in many associations. To manage this resource, we need to know how it works. What is it that makes people get involved non-profit from the beginning? What makes some stay year after year while others drop out? And what can leadership do to strengthen engagement?

A leadership for inner motivation, also linked to personal leadership.

In a workplace, the manager can influence the employee's salary to make them work harder. A chairman of a non-profit association seldom has such opportunities and instead needs to find ways to strengthen the members' inner motivation.

According to a theory of self-determination, there are three basic psychological needs that need to be satisfied for a strong motivation to be maintained over time; to experience belonging, competence and independence. What are these three needs and what can happen if they are not met?

The need for belonging is about having meaningful and supportive relationships in the group, both on the board and in the business itself. Lack of belonging can be caused, for example, by personal conflicts or by the members not feeling that they have anything in common. Then you prefer to look for other contexts.

The need for competence is about feeling that you have the knowledge and resources required to contribute to the association's work, or that you can develop and learn. This can range from being a skilled football coach to mastering an accounting program. Lack of sense of competence means that the work feels difficult or unmanageable, which leads to stress and discomfort.

The need for autonomy (to feel independent) is about being able to manage one's work based on one's personal commitment; to work with the issues you want in the way you feel comfortable with. Lack of autonomy means feeling controlled and trapped, for example when you have taken on a task just because the chairman has bothered so much.

If these three needs are met, the individual can develop a long-term intrinsic motivation that is maintained without external rewards, something that is exactly what is required in non-profit work. Here it may be worth noting that it is the individual's experience that affects the motivation, not how much others think the needs should be satisfied. If any of the needs are unsatisfied, there is a risk that the commitment falls and that the individual withdraws, in the worst case drops out. The way in which the work is organized is crucial for the individual to have their needs met. It is therefore important to examine the culture and working methods that exist in the association and, if necessary, change what does not work so well.

References

www.idrottsforskning.se 

www.utforskasinnet.se/