THROUGH ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH OF NONPROFIT NETWORK EFFECTS, I SEEK TO REVEAL CURRENT, PERTINENT, AND IN SOME CASES, PREVENTABLE ISSUES AMONG THE THIRD SECTOR. RECENT STUDIES OF INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL (IO) NETWORKS HAVE DEMONSTRATED Positive CORRELATIONS TO MISSION EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND TRUST (MODERATING COMPETITION by INCREASING ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION). BY HONING THE MANY KNOWN AND UNKNOWN ATTRIBUTES OF IO, I FEEL WE CAN EVOLVE THE CHARITABLE SERVICE SECTOR INTO A NEW LEVEL OF EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE OUTPUT.

ADDITIONALLY, I AIM TO PLACE EMPHASIS ON THE SERVICED POPULATION'S ENDURING CHALLENGES RESULTING FROM THE THIRD SECTOR'S PREDOMINATE NETWORK AND IO CAPABILITIES, TO INCLUDE: GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS, STABILITY VARIANCE IN SERVICES, AND INCONSISTENCY IN PREDETERMINED REQUIREMENTS TO FIT the SERVICEABLE NEED. THESE CHALLENGES BEING in ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL HARDSHIP SITUATION DRIVING THE REQUEST for ASSISTANCE.

I HAVE CREATED NNCtR as my exploratory node for traversing our Nations third-sector ECOSYSTEM.

MY HOPE IS THAT BY LEVERAGING CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, AND THROUGH UNITING THE CHARITABLE SERVICE SECTOR INTO STRATEGIC NETWORKED NODES, WE CAN widen THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICEABLE POPULATION; ALLEVIATING CHALLENGES   FROM BOTH  ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM.  

Michael Couchman, PhD                      

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