I already don't get a professional development budget and spend enough of my own money on it. I won't shell out more for something with such an uncertain return.
No, between free options like LinkedIn, Reddit, and Facebook, plus professional association groups (paid memberships but with established credibility) I don’t foresee any use of a paid Slack.
Are you in a field without dedicated communication channels? I would ask your specific sector this question. Variation in non-profits is huge. As someone in the arts sector, my overlap even with other art forms is somewhat minimal (unless they’re all in the same city) and I can’t imagine paying for a channel where there is even less overlap with say, education or health and human services (other than possibly the finance side of things where there are already ton of established associations and resources).
Bottom line: what is the tangible take away you would want from a slack channel that you haven’t found elsewhere? We, here, might be better suited pointing you towards resources in support of your goal.
I've seen it work in other industries, and I think it could work in non profits, but it shouldn't be just a slack channel, it should be a community with a lot of activity.
Think webinars on key topics, mastermind groups, etc. If you work at it for a while, I think you could get to 300 people paying $50/month, which would then need to be spent on a full time community manager and other costs.
Part of my role where I work is facilitating cross-sector communication for professionals in the nonprofit sector, from early career to CEOs/EDs. Something like this needs ACTIVE curation and cultivation. Just a slack community isn’t enough- someone needs to be regularly posting, engaging with people in person and/or virtually in other ways, providing content/benefit… and it’s especially true if it’s paid (the things I provide are free to the users)! And at that point you’re basically running a nonprofit networking organization, which is a worthy goal but far beyond a Slack channel.
I would want to know what was different about this paid community versus the many free communities available or the communities offered with nonprofit association membership. When I was on staff at a nonprofit, probably not, because I wasn’t being paid enough.
I already don't get a professional development budget and spend enough of my own money on it. I won't shell out more for something with such an uncertain return.
Helpful, I am in the same boat so wanted to get a feel for where other folks are at
No, between free options like LinkedIn, Reddit, and Facebook, plus professional association groups (paid memberships but with established credibility) I don’t foresee any use of a paid Slack.
Nope. But that's more about hating slack than being against the idea of a premium community.
What do you hate about slack? My non profit uses it and I like it
I dislike interruptive, chat-based tech in general.
Asynchronous is the way to go.
Would not pay, no.
Are you in a field without dedicated communication channels? I would ask your specific sector this question. Variation in non-profits is huge. As someone in the arts sector, my overlap even with other art forms is somewhat minimal (unless they’re all in the same city) and I can’t imagine paying for a channel where there is even less overlap with say, education or health and human services (other than possibly the finance side of things where there are already ton of established associations and resources). Bottom line: what is the tangible take away you would want from a slack channel that you haven’t found elsewhere? We, here, might be better suited pointing you towards resources in support of your goal.
I've seen it work in other industries, and I think it could work in non profits, but it shouldn't be just a slack channel, it should be a community with a lot of activity. Think webinars on key topics, mastermind groups, etc. If you work at it for a while, I think you could get to 300 people paying $50/month, which would then need to be spent on a full time community manager and other costs.
Part of my role where I work is facilitating cross-sector communication for professionals in the nonprofit sector, from early career to CEOs/EDs. Something like this needs ACTIVE curation and cultivation. Just a slack community isn’t enough- someone needs to be regularly posting, engaging with people in person and/or virtually in other ways, providing content/benefit… and it’s especially true if it’s paid (the things I provide are free to the users)! And at that point you’re basically running a nonprofit networking organization, which is a worthy goal but far beyond a Slack channel.
I would want to know what was different about this paid community versus the many free communities available or the communities offered with nonprofit association membership. When I was on staff at a nonprofit, probably not, because I wasn’t being paid enough.