Strategic Planning

Great Fundraising Success or Falling Far Short? The Difference Is in the Planning
August 10, 2021 at 9:06 am

The great composer Leonard Bernstein has been quoted as saying, “To accomplish great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” Bernstein would have been aghast — as we were — to read this proclamation on the website of a particular independent school about its strategic planning process...

Planning Your Post-COVID-19 Fundraising Strategy
July 20, 2021 at 9:00 am

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic with business closures and sheltering in place across the country, nonprofit organizations scrambled to deal with their new reality, which included the uncertainty of fundraising, budget cuts and laid-off employees. Most nonprofits began to settle into a cautious routine with most asking, “What should we do next?”...

Is the Narrative Nonprofits Use Promoting Stereotypes?
March 15, 2021 at 1:06 pm

The language we use to define people triggers automatic associations in our minds and influences the way we think and feel about them. If we are framing groups based on their deficits, our minds will only associate them with their deficits.