It’s about the results, not the activities.

Michael Jaffarian
3 min readOct 19, 2021

People get ideas about good things to do to make the world a better place. If an idea gets traction, it might turn into a new nonprofit organization. Isn’t that wonderful? Well, maybe, but exciting program activity is not the point. Making the world better in some way is the point. That requires thinking about desired results before thinking about the choice of activities to produce those desired results.

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Michael Jaffarian

I'm a consultant to nonprofits, with an emphasis on research. I help nonprofits thrive & change the world. Also an artist & gardener. www.michaeljaffarian.com.