August 31, 2013 brand business plan communications governance identity market mission organizational development planning 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...
July 31, 2012 business plan governance managing change organizational development strategy Working Together In recent years there has been a lot of talk in the funding community about reducing overhead expenses of nonprofits by eliminating redundan...
August 09, 2011 business plan nonprofit strategy Develop Internal Capabilities or Outsource? An article in the New York Times today, Groups Advocating for the Arts Feel the Pinch , addresses some fundamental issues for nonprofits. W...
February 21, 2011 business plan nonprofit operations planning More on Metrics In between writing an article on metrics ( Critical Issues #8: The Measure of Success ) and preparing for an upcoming webinar on the same t...
August 29, 2010 business plan cultivation market nonprofit planning strategy transparency Strategic Plan vs. Marketing Plan The other day I was speaking with a prospective client about the need for a strategic plan and a marketing plan. They characterized the stra...
May 28, 2010 business plan market nonprofit operating costs supplementary revenue Business Planning in Nonprofits A nonprofit organization needs a business plan as much as a for-profit company does. In either case, business planning is about charting a c...
June 23, 2009 brand business plan facilities market supplementary revenue Facilities and business plans An article in the Times yesterday ("For Colleges Needing Cash, Summer’s No Longer a Quiet Season" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/...