Grow, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
Summer is filled with highly anticipated superhero movie releases. While superhero epics seem like the Greek mythology of our time, with towering men and women possessing deity-like capabilities to save the world, there is something human in their approach that we as...
Business Planning, Collaborate, Communicate, COVID-19, Fundraising, Grow, Guest Blogs, Human Resources, Issue Based Blogs, Lead, Marketing & Communication, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning, System Change
How has nonprofit life changed since the COVID-19 pandemic started? What should change forever? What should be reconsidered? Now that we are close to herd immunity, many nonprofits are tackling big and small questions across all aspects of their organizations about...
Guest Blogs, Organizational Assessments, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
After our recent national survey and webinar, which we discussed in a recent post, I wanted to dig deeper into the financial results. First, the bad news from the survey – due to COVID-19, 17% of nonprofits reorganized, 13% reduced overhead and 10% postponed...
COVID-19, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Organizational Assessments, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
Last Sunday, we sprung forward with Daylight Saving Time. It was a perfect analogy for how many of us are feeling – we have been in a holding pattern for the past year and we are ready to spring forward into 2021. Right now, the No. 1 question I have been hearing is:...
Board Development, Communicate, Evaluation Planning, Impact, Impact Measurement, Lead, Lean Start-Up, Logic Model Development, Marketing & Communication, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Theory of Change
“Sustainability” has been a buzzword in the social sector for the past few years, but what does it really mean? Everyone agrees that sustainability is an important factor to evaluate the resiliency of social sector organizations, but few have agreed on a simple path...
Advocacy/Policy Change, Board Development, Collaborate, Communicate, COVID-19, Feasibility Studies, Fundraising, Grow, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, System Change
Pivot. I imagine you’ve heard or used this word to describe your nonprofit’s activities in the past year. With the devastating impact of COVID-19 on our economy and public health, nonprofits have indeed had to shift quickly to answer the call of their communities....
