We must grow, or we will wither in the wind. But, we must manage growth, or growth will manage us. What does growth mean to your agency? I suspect you want to grow your nonprofit agency by increasing membership, donors, clients, or funding bases. And, you need to grow in a cost-effective manner, as each[…]
As we approach the traditional strategic planning season, this is a good time to think about what planning schedule is best for your agency. Over the past thirty years, I’ve led and/or participated in a multitude of planning retreats. If our experiences are similar, most planning events start on a Friday evening and conclude on[…]
Here we are again. It’s January, the month many organizations kick off their newly developed strategic goals. Do you remember the passion and excitement you experienced during your strategic planning retreat; and how motivated everyone in the room became as you finalized your new set of strategic goals? Now, it’s time to get everyone in[…]
It is extremely important for your nonprofit agency to have an up-to-date strategic plan. No, that’s not a shameless plug. It is a fact. A plan by itself is not the driver to your vision. If your strategic plan is aligned to your daily operation, then it has the power to drive change, make a difference,[…]
Are your strategic goals written in a manner to change your nonprofit agency, or have they created a grand layer of action plans that seem to take all of the fun out of your work? If you feel burdened by the activities of your goals, then it is quite possible you have a turbocharged task[…]
It is no secret, the trend to outsource critical functions in business organizations has grown exponentially over the past few years. The mundane tasks of payroll and tax processing, IT, records storage, and more are easily outsourced with cost effective solutions on the cloud and other innovative systems. What is left to outsource? Is it[…]