At the risk of beginning this post with a completely unoriginal and obvious point, the country is currently experiencing a level of cultural, political, and economic turmoil not seen in many decades. In fact, I would argue that today’s combination of a worldwide pandemic, political unrest, and...
moreTopics: strategic planning, Fundraising
This post was written by one of the many nonprofit leaders who will be presenting at the 2020 BoardSource Leadership ForumMay 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...
moreTopics: strategic planning, Scenario Planning
Happy new year! Everyone here at BoardSource is excited for another year of supporting and helping organizations like yours to advance your mission, but before we move into 2019, let’s take a look back at some of the great blogs we posted in 2018. Maybe you missed them when they first published, or...
moreTopics: Board Diversity & Inclusivity, Recruitment, strategic planning, Foundations, Nonprofit language
Eight-Minute Read
Unfortunately, most of the 1.5 million nonprofits in the U.S. live a hard life and struggle just to keep their doors open. Often, staff suffer from low pay, high stress, and burnout; technology is underutilized; and board members and other volunteers are disengaged, misaligned,...
moreTopics: strategic planning
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Consider this scenario: You are a relatively new board member. At the last meeting, a long-time board member suggests it is time for a new strategic plan.
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An exciting, grand historical evolution of American society is taking place: For-profit and nonprofit domains are converging. Many of the entrepreneurial and organizational practices and frameworks found most frequently in the business world are finding increased adoption in the social sector, just...
moreTopics: strategic planning, Culture, similarities in for-profits and nonprofits
When I ask audiences of nonprofit leaders to indicate how many of them engage in strategic planning, have an annual action plan, or make time to plan out the projects and activities that are critical to their success, the all too familiar response is that many don’t.
Ironically, those same...
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