How resilient is your organization?
Do you have an organization built for the long-term? How adaptable are you as an organization? This simple assessment helps you and your organization get grounded in where you are right now and identify some key steps you can take to build organizational resiliency.
Webinar: A Practical Guide to Community Feedback
An interactive webinar designed to help you move past surface-level engagement and build meaningful connections with communities.
Do we need a strategic plan?
Deciding whether to do a strategic plan can be challenging for organizations of any size. A strategic plan can provide direction and focus but it's not always necessary at every stage or for every type of organization. Here are some key factors to consider when deciding.
Succession Planning for Founders
Succession planning, especially for founders, can be a delicate process that requires adequate planning to ensure the organization has a roadmap for a sustainable future. Join Starsha Valentine and Rebecca Lemos Otero for an in-depth discussion of Rebecca's succession plan after founding a successful nonprofit in Washington, DC.
Empowering & Developing the Next Generation
Now is the time to begin investing and preparing the next generation of leaders. The nonprofit sector is experiencing a shift, with estimates suggesting that up to 75% of U.S. nonprofit leaders plan to leave their positions in the next 5 to 10 years.
Making Your Purpose Possible Through Strategy
How does a strategic plan relate to the day to day operations, programming, fundraising initiatives? We see this tension with many of our clients, so let’s look at some specifics around how strategic planning is an essential tool for fundraising in your organization.
Designing Engaging Surveys That People Actually Want To Take
Traditional polling and surveys feel like work. In this presentation, Sarah and Laura explore ways to create surveys using play and backed by substantive survey methods, to create meaningful engagement opportunities.
Why Commit to Continuous Quality Improvement
In May, we began the conversation on the importance of committing to a formal Continuous Quality Improvement Strategy (CQI) with an initial blog post on this relevant topic. In it, we posed the question “Do you have a clear strategy on how to track, evaluate, and articulate your impact?” If you remain unsure of your answer to this question, we want to share four reasons on why you should invest in a strategy to affirm delivering mission-aligned successful programs are top of mind at your organization.
Busted! The Overhead Myth by Laura Hennighausen, Director of Funder Relations
It’s November. The leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter, and you know what that means in the world of fundraising - the return of people on social media crusading against making year-end donations to nonprofits with “high overhead”.