Effective Stewardship

Many nonprofit boards need to reimagine their roles. When they took on the leadership of the nonprofits, they agreed to become the stewards of the nonprofits. For some boards, stewardship means maintain the status quo. They aim to sustain the current level of effectiveness and efficiency. Those boards have limited their role to that of […]

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Turning the Corner

When a nonprofit is struggling, visualizing the path forward is the first step toward sustainability. In many cases, it is the hardest step.

An objective perspective is needed to see the path forward. Small nonprofits usually have small groups of passionate stakeholders who think about the nonprofit as if it was their own. Their sense […]

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The Agile Board

An agile nonprofit board more easily keeps pace with rapidly changing surroundings. […]

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Why Your Nonprofit?

Make your nonprofit the preferred choice of your stakeholders and prospective stakeholders. […]

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Your Most Important Stakeholder

Focusing on what is best for your nonprofit’s most important stakeholder is the best way to increase the long-term sustainability of your nonprofit. […]

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Whose Vote Counts?

Crowdsourcing is all the rage. One of it variances is crowdvoting. It is nice to see a 2000-year-old concept catch on. […]

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The Practical Side of Strategic Planning

A strategic plan consists of both a practical segment and a descriptive segment. The practical segment defines how to accomplish the plan. The descriptive segment defines what success looks like (The Description of Strategic Success). […]

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Strategic Planning Is a Challenge

When strategic planning is sound, it is an aid to sustainability. Otherwise, it adversely affects long-term sustainability. […]

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