Finalists in the Fourth Annual Mission Statement Competition

This year I invited four consultants who are excellent regular presenters for Nonprofit Webinars to join me in reviewing entries to the Grea...

Renew Enthusiasm

Corporations may not be people, but nonprofits fundamentally are. Everyone involved with your organization cares about your cause. But are y...

Tips for new initiatives

Nonprofit staffs and boards are mission-driven. It can be tempting, when encountering a compelling issue related to your cause, to take on a...

Mission Statement Winners 2012... and More

It’s time to wrap up the Third Annual Great Mission Statement Competition.  The winner of the Great Mission Statement prize for 2012 is  Lit...

Third Annual Mission Statement Competition Finalists

There was a big jump in the number of entries this year, both in the Great Mission Statement category and in the Mission Statement Makeover...

Mission Statement Competiton Entries and Judging

The Mission Statement Competition for 2012 will culminate tomorrow with the webinar What’s a Mission Statement Worth? During the webinar we...

Third Annual What's Your Mission? Competition

The job of a mission statement is to articulate the essence of why the organization exists. If you don’t articulate it, then it’s very likel...

More Mission Statement Makeovers

Winding up the year, this is the last of three posts on the Mission Statement Makeover competition. Despite the caveat in the first post abo...

Mission Statement Makeover: Four more entrants

This post continues our review of entries in this year’s mission statement competition (see the previous post and CI#7: On Mission for back...

Mission Statement Makeover: Overview and First Two Examples

Let’s start with a critical disclaimer: a quick external review can identify ways a mission statement seems to communicate poorly, but it ca...

Second Annual Mission Statement Competition Winner

Our four finalists this year exemplify four different approaches to the crafting of a mission statement. Cancer Connection ( dedicated to ...

Mission Statement Finalists

Help us pick the winner Last week we selected six semi-finalists in the Second Annual What’s Your Mission ? Competition and presented the...

Second Annual What's Your Mission? Competition

A clear, concise, compelling, and memorable mission statement is the basis of a strong message, focused strategy, energized stakeholders and...

Great nonprofit mission statement? Need a Makeover? Enter the What’s Your Mission? Competition

At a time when the challenges and needs facing nonprofits have increased at a faster pace than income your message must be clear to compete ...

Fall Schedule of Free Wednesday Webinars from NonprofitWebinars

Two free professional development webinars for nonprofit trustees and staff every Wednesday at 1:00 and 2:30 (Eastern time). The fall webin...

Two stories about mission statements

Story 1. Where do the other words go? Recently, at a meeting with the senior staff of a nonprofit, to discuss strategy and marketing, I ment...

What’s Your Mission? Competition

A clear, concise, compelling, & memorable mission statement is the basis of a strong message, focused strategy, energized stakeholders ...

Wednesday Webinars for Nonprofits: Summer 2010

The summer schedule of Wednesday Webinars is just about complete. The first half of the year saw a great start to the program, with over 300...

Identity, brand and image

This week's Wednesday Webinar is What is a brand; and why does it matter to nonprofit organizations? . Here are some related thoughts. ...

Nonprofit Identity and Branding

A piece on nonprofit brands in today's NYTimes (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/us/24charity.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=brand&st=c...