Planning Strategies for Non-Profits
If you are a small, volunteer-run organization, building a strong nonprofit board can be difficult. This article is for you. When an organization is big and well established, it has a board-building advantage. People...
Your non-profit is about to launch a strategic planning process, and you’d like to assemble your strategic planning dream team. Who do you ask to serve on the committee or task force? While I...
During the past year, I have encountered several examples of Founder’s Syndrome. While the facts differed from organization to organization, they all shared the same symptoms and suffered similar impacts. Fortunately, much has been...
During my brief break in July, I spent time catching up on social media. A participant in a nonprofit-centered Facebook group asked a question about what nonprofit boards should know about social media. There...
Recently, I had a rather heated debate with a board member who believes there is no value to actively considering ethnic diversity in the board recruitment process. I must confess, I was taken aback....
Board evaluations and assessments are popular topics online. That’s great, because evaluating board performance is a best practice for strong, productive boards. Unfortunately, while an internet search turns up lots of results, it can...
Non-profit board development efforts should reflect the board’s two major responsibilities: strategic direction and executive oversight. This article includes four questions you should ask as you consider who you want to add to your...
Board members are the heavy artillery your organization needs to make things happen … unless they become loose cannons. In that case, the impact on an organization’s plans can be disastrous. What is a...
Collaborative Overload, written by Rob Cross, Reb Rebele, and Adam Grant, discusses the hidden costs of one of the country’s most significant workplace macro-trends: collaboration. The article addresses collaboration inefficiencies among paid staff. However,...
Planning isn’t a periodic task. It’s an on-going process. Incorporating planning into routine activities ensures non-profit board members and professional staff remain focused on trends, opportunities and challenges that will impact the non-profit’s success....
The Upturn Strategies blog provides practical advice to non-profit board members and executives trying to improve their strategic planning processes. For the past 18 years, the author, Heather Fitzpatrick, has facilitated strategic planning process for both for-profit and non-profit entities.
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