4 Steps to Creating Your Marketing Plan
Creating and implementing a marketing plan does not require a business or marketing degree. In fact, you can create an effective marketing plan for your organization or program in four …
Developing an Integrated Financial Strategy
This is the second in a two-part series. Click here to read part one. Financial strategies meet organizations where they are (i.e. their strategic financial position on the Continuum of …
What is Your Strategic Financial Position?
Board members, Executive Directors, and senior nonprofit leaders have many responsibilities, but perhaps none is more important or pressing than financial management. Unfortunately, responsibility for managing the organization’s finances is …
Five Trends to Watch
Reflections on LTA Rally and the American Farm Land Trust Annual Conferences This past fall I attended both the Land Trust Alliance Rally in Providence, Rhode Island, and the American …
Applying the Integrated Strategy: Part 3 – Capacity
This series of posts provides an overview of how A New Integrated Strategy for Success and Sustainability: The Impact Model applies to the unique issues and challenges of land trusts engaged in …
Applying the Integrated Strategy: Part 2 – Constituents
In my first post we explored how the first core component of the The Integrated Strategy for Success and Sustainability: The Impact Model – identity – applies to the unique issues and …
Applying the Integrated Strategy: Part 1 – Identity
Some portion of land trusts have always focused on working lands – such as active farmland or forests – because it is part of their mission and conservation strategy. However, …
The Science of Sustainable Partnerships
I recently had the honor and pleasure of attending the 2014 Association of Partners for Public Lands (now called the Public Lands Alliance) conference in Albuquerque. More than 200 federal and state …
Transforming Us vs. Them into We
Whether you work in conservation, community health, social services, or another mission-driven field, negotiation skills are a must-have item in your toolbox. In the simplest terms, negotiation is about reaching agreement …
Eight Reasons Why You Need Term Limits
Ah, term limits. Few things get a group of nonprofit leaders quite as riled up as the topic of term limits. Some of the reasons we have heard given in …
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