Make your nonprofit board’s job easier. Create a long-term plan (>3 years). […]
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The difference between long-term and strategic planning is important to the survival of your nonprofit. […] The culture of many nonprofit boards prevents long-term planning. Fortunately, culture can be changed. […] Your board may be able to learn something about planning from self-driving cars. We all know that every organization needs a long-term plan. Sometimes the only thing standing in the way of a good long-term plan is the absence of a good example to follow. […] Do the decisions your nonprofit’s board makes seem authentic to the public, staff, clients, and donors? […] Risk is part of life. Should your nonprofit be more risk accepting? […] Everyone wants to have a great nonprofit board. Education plays an important role in achieving that dream. […] An old adage says, “No plan survives first contact with reality.” This implies two things: no one can plan for every possible situation and while you are busy planning the world is busy changing. […] Boards want to make good decisions. Would giving your board guidelines help them make better decisions? […] Many nonprofits reject having a funding strategy because they feel it is a waste of time. They think the funding strategy is unlikely to work. […] |
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