Strategic Planning
Smart Growth: How to Expand Your Nonprofit’s Programs While Resisting Temptations
Do what works best to advance the mission statement of your nonprofit. At the end of the day, the juice has to be worth the squeeze.
Setting Organizational Goals: Does your team know what to do?
In the day-to-day firefighting of the nonprofit world, quantitative goals can lessen the chance for misunderstandings.
Passion Meets Professionalism: Transitioning from Volunteer Leaders to Paid Staff
To be successful, transitions from volunteer leaders to paid staff must be planned, deliberate, and done in an orderly fashion.
The Growth Paradox for Nonprofit Organizations
Often nonprofits can have unchecked appetites for growth, which combine with structural factors that make such growth haphazard.
To Solve the Problem, Focus on the Desired Outcome: A Formula for Nonprofits
Solving challenges is ultimately about creating the outcomes we want. By asking goal-oriented questions, you’ll come up with better outcomes.
The Worst Way to Share an Idea is to Say, “I Have an Idea”
Saying “I have an idea” can cause issues because of the implied ownership. It’s important for us to offer ideas in the right way.
How Nonprofits Can Return to In-Person Board Meetings and Retreats
Explore these tips to have a safe and productive first in-person meeting with your board as the pandemic winds down.
Making Nonprofit Strategic Planning (Relatively) Painless
A nonprofit talks about how they accomplished a successful strategic planning process with as little pain — and as much gain — as possible.
Strategic Planning 101 for Nonprofits: Strengthen a Nonprofit’s Board-Executive Director Relationship
A step-by-step guide to refocusing the board-executive director relationship to better align with their nonprofit’s greater mission.
Finding Your Data Path to Success, Part 2: What We Learned Along the Way
Mapping where data is stored, along with creating a logic model that shows important outcomes to track, helps your nonprofit focus resources.