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Building Effective Teams—Takeaways from High Impact Manager Graduates
Last week, graduates of the Spring 2019 High Impact Manager course met via video conference for our three-month check-in. These check-ins are a helpful (and fun!) opportunity to stay connected, provide ongoing support, and continue to learn from one another. That’s...
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The Rise of Shared Leadership
Succession planning is everywhere. Conference sessions, webinars, and articles on the topic abound. Given the number of executive directors and CEOs who are retiring, that’s a good thing. But, many organizations still find it very challenging to fill their top job. ...
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The Nonprofit’s Business Plan and the Orchestra’s Musical Score
An organization is a system. When all parts of the system work in harmony, or synergy, with one another, you get a beautifully performing mission-driven organization. When there are organizational components—for example, programs, marketing, and communications, or the...
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Why Do NPO’s Need Business Plans?
Do you really need a business plan? When was the last time you took a critical look at all aspects of your organization—your programs or services, your members or constituents, your staffing, your systems? Are you thinking about succession issues? Are your funders...
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Nonprofit Capacity Building – A Heretical View
Capacity building doesn’t work. It’s a waste of time, money and energy. There... we said it… sorry foundations and all your capacity building money… sorry nonprofits and all your capacity building grants. First, capacity building in the nonprofit sector is a...
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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 simple steps. Drum roll, please… Step 1: Define the Goal Your marketing goal...
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What’s Marketing? It Might Not Be What You Think
Today’s successful nonprofits realize the need to engage a more loyal and diverse audience to support their work. We regularly receive calls from organizations who want to reach new audiences or more deeply engage their current members, donors, volunteers,...
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