Communicate, Grow, Impact, Impact Measurement, Organizational Assessments, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Theory of Change
In today’s world of shrinking attention spans and endless distractions, it’s harder than ever for nonprofits to break through the noise. Add in the challenges of limited resources and competing demands, and it’s easy to why many organizations get lost in the weeds....
Grow, Lead, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
Summer is always filled with highly anticipated superhero movie releases, with towering men and women possessing superhuman capabilities to save the world. Hollywood reminds us of something nonprofits already know: superheroes face impossible odds, but they always...
Business Planning, Business Planning, Grow, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Strategic Planning
We are always on the lookout for positive trends, especially from the for-profit space, that can translate into nonprofit success. Recently, we’ve heard a lot about great corporate cultures like those of Zappos and technology companies. When we dissect what makes...
Storytelling, Strategic Planning
Since everyone is heading back to school soon, we thought we’d start this blog off with a POP QUIZ! The sentences below are a mix of vision and mission statements. Can you tell which is which? Smithville is a vibrant, thriving and self-sustaining community. To fight...
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 a while now, but what does it really mean? Everyone agrees that sustainability is an important factor in evaluating the resiliency of social sector organizations, but few have agreed on a simple path for...
Advocacy/Policy Change, Issue Based Blogs, Organizational Assessments, Retreats, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling, Strategic Planning
I loved Saturday morning cartoons, and one of my favorites was “SchoolHouse Rock” – especially the classic episode “I’m Just a Bill.” Many of us learned how the legislative branch works (or sometimes doesn’t) by watching this episode in our social studies classes....
