Is Better Marketing the Answer?

Does your parochial school need better marketing or is something else holding back enrollment? [...]

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Point of View Matters

How we look at a situation matters. In times of turmoil and uncertainty point of view is critical. [...]

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Skills Versus Knowledge

In the past, we sent our children to school to learn the three Rs. Today the students need more than just an education. What more can a parochial school offer? [...]

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How Do You Sell a Specialty Product?

Parochial schools are special. The best ones are also unique. Selling something that is special and unique requires careful planning. [...]

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Action Versus Mission

Making the mission tangible is a struggle for every organization. When it is tangible, enrollment and retention increases and donors are more generous. [...]

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Changing Competition

Parochial schools have many competitors. Just when it seems the competitors have everything going their way, things change. [...]

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Live the Mission Statement

It is the executive’s job to make the mission real regardless of how the mission statement phrases it. [...]

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Innovation Versus Follow the Leader

Every day someone starts another Your organization can innovate and be the leader or copy the leader. Leaders thrive. Followers survive. Which is better for your school? [...]

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It Is Budget Time

For most parochial schools, it is time or nearly time to draft the next fiscal budget. Good stewardship implies finding ways to reduce expenses without cost cutting. [...]

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It Is a Business

People seldom think of a nonprofit or parochial school as a business. However, in their simplest form they are businesses. They provide services and collect money for doing so. That is a business. [...]

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