--- title: BoardSource Blog - The Leader in Nonprofit Board Governance | Belinda Lyons-Newman description: "Belinda Lyons-Newman, MBA, has more than two decades of experience leading and advising mission-driven organizations. She is the founder and principal of \nLyons-Newman Consulting, which provides strategic planning, board development, and strategic advising for nonprofits, foundations, and public agencies." --- ![Blog-0216.jpg](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-0216.jpg?width=1400&name=Blog-0216.jpg "Blog-0216.jpg") [![Blog-header-logo.png](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_photos/Blog-header-logo.png?width=360&name=Blog-header-logo.png "Blog-header-logo.png")](https://boardsource.org) [Back to blog homepage](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog) ## Belinda Lyons-Newman [Belinda Lyons-Newman](https://www.lyonsnewman.com/about), MBA, has more than two decades of experience leading and advising mission-driven organizations. She is the founder and principal of [Lyons-Newman Consulting](https://www.lyonsnewman.com/), which provides strategic planning, board development, and strategic advising for nonprofits, foundations, and public agencies. [![](https://blog.boardsource.org/hubfs/Content_Marketing_Images/question%20marks%20scenario%20planning.jpg)](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/scenario-planning-rapid-planning-in-a-time-of-rapid-change) ## [Scenario Planning: Rapid Planning in a Time of Rapid Change](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/scenario-planning-rapid-planning-in-a-time-of-rapid-change) Posted by [Belinda Lyons-Newman](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/belinda-lyons-newman) on May 8, 2020, 11:26:58 AM How do you plan for the future when the future is uncertain? The COVID-19 pandemic has made this important and timeless question essential. Although this global crisis is affecting each nonprofit organization differently, all are looking toward a future with profound unknowns. As a nonprofit leader... [more](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/scenario-planning-rapid-planning-in-a-time-of-rapid-change) Topics: [Scenario Planning](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/scenario-planning), [COVID-19](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/covid-19) [All posts](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/all) ### Recent Posts Search this site on Google Search BoardSource   1050 Connecticut Ave NW, PO Box 65001  Washington,  DC   20036   US [![14](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/14.png?width=37&height=37&name=14.png)](https://www.facebook.com/BoardSource/)  [![15](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/15.png?width=37&height=37&name=15.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/boardsource) [![13](https://blog.boardsource.org/hs-fs/hubfs/13.png?width=37&height=37&name=13.png)](https://www.youtube.com/user/BoardSourceVideo) [Privacy Policy](https://boardsource.org/privacy-policy/)     |     [Acceptable Use](https://boardsource.org/terms-of-use/) © Copyright BoardSource