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## [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...

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Topics: [Scenario Planning](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/scenario-planning), [COVID-19](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/covid-19)

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## [Planning for Today’s Knowns and Uncertainties](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/planning-for-todays-knowns-and-uncertainties)

 Posted by [Cheryl Procter-Rogers](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/author/cheryl-procter-rogers) on Feb 26, 2020, 2:33:16 PM

*This post was written by one of the many nonprofit leaders who will be presenting at the*[* 2020 BoardSource Leadership Forum*](https://boardsource.org/board-support/training-education/2020-boardsource-leadership-forum/)*May 7-8 in St. Louis. We hope to see you there!*

Over my 40-plus years of leading and serving nonprofit boards, I have become frustrated with “plans.” I’ve seen executive...

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Topics: [strategic planning](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/strategic-planning), [Scenario Planning](https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/topic/scenario-planning)

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