Strategic Planning

NonProfit PRO asked two of its board members for their best advice on 2022 priorities. Here's what Craig H. Shelley, CFRE, managing director at Orr Group; and Ashley Thompson, managing director of Blackbaud Institute shared.

What if I told you there was a way to hit the reset button? There is (psychologically at least). It's called the fresh start effect. This also has implications for your fundraising. Your donors are going through this same self-assessment and those are perhaps most pliable in their giving habits.

Here are 10 steps to help ensure that your organization – and you and your team – finish 2021 on a high note.

SWOT Analysis is a methodology that lets you examine your organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

Lack of alignment can happen at any level because subordinate employees do not have the tools to see if their work aligns with the strategic plan. They may know their nonprofit needs to raise $14 million, but not the organizational goal of retaining more event participants and transitioning them to sustaining donors.

What nonprofit leaders need is a "people’s strategic plan," a clear and consistent framework and set of measurable actions to invest in their people and culture. Just like organizations have a strategic plan to achieve financial and programmatic goals, they need a roadmap to invest in talent development, too...

While we have many superstars in the nonprofit arena, too many professionals don’t understand the art, science and nuances of nonprofit leadership — boards, strategic planning, program evaluation and fundraising — and too many others aren’t willing to insist on proven best practices...

NonProfit PRO, the go-to source for nonprofit management and strategy, alongside NAPCO Research, announce a research report and subsequent webinar on insurance trends in the nonprofit industry, both titled “Challenges, Opportunities, and Insurance Buying Trends in the Nonprofit Industry – 2021.”...

Expert research is essential for a nonprofit to achieve its potential for both a major fundraising campaigns and strategic planning...

During this webinar attendees will learn the impacts of COVID-19 on the nonprofit sector.