Strategic Planning
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.
Yes, You Really Need One: Why Strategic Planning Matters and How to do it Better
Four recommendations that will radically improve the strategic planning process at nonprofit organizations.
In These Turbulent Times for Nonprofits
There is so much potential out there to dramatically move the needle on social issues and drive impact, no matter the external environment.
Why Don’t Foundations Build Capacity in Fundraising?
Why do so few grantmakers invest in building the capacity for nonprofits to raise independent money?
A Fork in the Yellow Brick Road to Oz
The CEO of the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County describes an approach to strategic choices that has us singing, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Matrix Map Part Two: The Strategic Imperatives
Beyond helping nonprofit leaders understand the business model, the Matrix Map can help you strengthen it.
The Matrix Map Approach Part One: How to Create the Matrix Map
You may have heard of the Dual Bottom Line: the idea that strategic choices must serve both mission impact and financial viability. But how do you turn this idea into a quantitative decision-making tool?
Stuck Between a Financial Crisis Wrought by the Founder and a Hard Place
A deputy director describes the crisis at an organization where the founding executive director left, and how the organization almost closed.