Category: Strategic Planning
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Nonprofit dashboards 101
Have you heard about nonprofit dashboards? If not, here’s a quick overview of what they are, why they’re valuable, and how you might create one.
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Theories of change – a primer
Theories of change are a powerful tool. How might you benefit from a theory of change? How do you set out to develop one?
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Musings on Theories of Change
I was recently talking to a potential client when it became apparent to me that they really could use a theory of change. Yet, their Executive Director was unfamiliar with…
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Board members in management roles – updated
Originally published in August 2022, this edition of the post expands upon the suggestions I offered in August. A challenge unstaffed nonprofits face is that board members necessarily take on…
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Home Remodeling Lessons for Nonprofits – UPDATED
What does house remodeling have to teach us about nonprofit leadership? Quite a lot, it turns out.
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Slowing down to speed up
A few years back, somebody used the phrase “slow down to speed up†in my presence and it really resonated. Doing some quick google searches, I found dozens of articles…
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Thankful nonprofit quotes
About My Work, Board Development, Consulting, Fundraising, Human Resources, Leadership, Strategic Planning, VolunteersLast month, in the spirit of Halloween, I shared the scariest things I’ve heard uttered by nonprofit leaders. As a counterpoint, this month I offer up some “thankful†comments about…
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Scary nonprofit quotes
In honor of Halloween 2021, here are the the scariest things I’ve heard from nonprofit leaders. These are paraphrases as I wasn’t writing them down at the time. If you…
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Facilitating hybrid meetings
Good facilitation is a core part of my work. Since I had already begun facilitating many meetings online pre-pandemic, the switchover to all virtual meetings for the last 16 months…
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Five ideas for staying focused as an executive
Quite a few times in my years as a consultant, I’ve encountered Executive Directors who accomplish tasks very effectively. Their writing is cogent. Documents they produce are always well-formatted. They…