June 28, 2013 facilities operating costs operations planning Nine Essentials for Facility Planning If you need to build a new facility, or renovate an existing one, early preparation can make the difference between glorious success and dis...
August 30, 2012 advancement governance nonprofit operations organizational development planning strategy webinars Nonprofit Webinars Season 12 With the passing of Labor Day 2012 we'll be ready to launch the fall season of our free weekly professional development webinars for sta...
June 26, 2012 governance managing change nonprofit operations organizational development planning strategy Succession Critical Issues #14: Managing Change will be out tomorrow. One important moment of change in a nonprofit is the transition of an organizati...
August 20, 2011 capital fundraising facilities operating costs operations planning Capital Punishment An article in today's New York Times tells of the woes of the American Folk Art Museum . Borrowed $32,000,000 to build a signature buil...
July 05, 2011 nonprofit operations planning Mind your RFPs & Qs, Part 3: Process The most important part of the RFP process is the work that goes into preparing to write the RFP. That’s when you articulate your needs, put...
June 30, 2011 nonprofit operations planning Mind your RFPs & Qs, Part 2: Structure & Content Structure The starting point for a good RFP can be a sample of one done for similar kinds of work, with emphasis on “starting point” and “si...
April 21, 2011 nonprofit operations planning strategy Arguments Against Planning I sat in on a strategy meeting recently for an organization with ten years of impressive accomplishments and a founder looking toward retire...
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...