Archive for the ‘Strategic Planning’ Category
Facilitating Nonprofit Strategy in Economic Uncertainty
. I recently read, yet one more so-called expert advice column promoting the ultimatum of “merge” or “die” as the pathway for many nonprofits. In this iteration, the ultimatum arises out of the knee jerk reaction caused by the recent economic downturn. Citing duplication of service and competition for scarce resources, ...Read More
Inquiry as a Facilitation Skill
. I have been working on a business-planning project for a client. As part of the front-end assessment I have been doing a series of in-person and telephone interviews. The interview structure includes inward conversations with key staff, board members, and volunteers involved with the agency, interviewing the “second circle” of ...Read More
Scenario Planning as a Facilitation Tool
. According to a recent study, “Many funders expect that they will come out of the downturn being far more strategic than they were before the crisis.” How about your agency? Check out how Facilitation & Process, LLC can help. And remember there is a little help each day in the ...Read More
Facilitating Models of Social Impact
. I will confess that I am a visual learner. I like to not only see the big picture but to be able to draw it as well. This inclination towards a visual process has served me well in facilitation. In fact, I have staked out the position that visual learning is ...Read More
Advancing Capacity of Organizations: A Strategic Conversation
. In one of the early posts to this blog I offered a taxonomy to help nonprofits think about organizational capacity, resource development planning and fundraising. In that post I described capacity development as the practice of developing and maintaining staff skills, organizational systems and intellectual and physical resources required to ...Read More
Strategic Planning: Accountability Matters
. This is the final post in a four part series on creating the right context for strategic planning. In the first post I outlined the need to match strategic planning process to your organizational culture. In the second post discussed the need to have a clear and focused change or ...Read More
Strategic Planning: Building Momentum & Process
. In this series on strategic planning, my goal is to outline principles that inform the development of a strategic planning process. The first principle is that agencies need to connect the planning process and their organizational culture. The second principle is that strategic planning must be tied to a clear ...Read More
Strategic Planning: Defining the Strategic Agenda
. The first post in this series outlined the importance of aligning the culture of your organization with the framework used for strategic planning. In this post I want to discuss the importance of clarity of purpose and agenda before embarking on a strategic planning process. Without a clear focus at ...Read More
Strategic Planning: Connecting Process with Culture
. There are literally hundreds of thousands of resources on strategic planning strategies that can be referenced by a simple Google search and, in an old-school fashion, a decent library catalog will contain a plethora of books devoted to the subject. So why do we need another blog series on strategic ...Read More