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How can the strategic planning process promote effective nonprofit decision-making?

ASU Lodestar Center

An effective strategic plan will not only provide direction for the organization, it can give nonprofit leaders guidance in day-to-day decision-making and promote more predictable outcomes. There is no benefit to discounting any individual or group from participating in the planning process. Sign your name on things. Make decisions.

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10 Tips for Better Grant Management Processes

sgEngage

Whether you are thinking about applying for your first grant or your organization manages several grants each year, it’s important to have clear processes to meet those mandates and avoid straying outside your mission. This can make it challenging to understand and effectively meet grant requirements. Focus on the why. Seek clarity.

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4 Types of Donor Personas for Effective Nonprofit Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask any nonprofit fundraiser if he or she wants to increase the results of their fundraising efforts and you’ll get a resounding “yes”! The reason we start this process with a goal is that you’ll have no way to measure the efficacy of your efforts without one. . The next question, of course, is how? Review your donor list.

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Sponsorship Shortcuts – Effective Strategies to Implement Today

The Sponsorship Collective

They’re overeager for a path that skips large parts of the process or validates their incorrect procedures. For example, if you’ve sent 100 people a gold, silver, and bronze package, sending it to 300 more isn’t going to yield the results you seek. Most sponsorship seekers’ eyes light up when I discuss sponsorship shortcuts.

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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Actually, the process is based on three decades of research conducted by authors Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. The SWOT analysis, which typically begins a planning process, makes you a prisoner of that crowded environment. The process centers around those hallmarks of the digital marketplace, innovation and value.”

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. As you will be able to tell from the table, this dysfunction is not always the result of their bad behavior. But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role.

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5 Tips for Effective Healthcare Grantmaking

sgEngage

With careful planning, agile processes, and responsiveness in your grantmaking process of giving can help you react in a more thoughtful way. By following these five best practices, you’ll create a more efficient healthcare grantmaking process where you can anticipate evolving community needs and be more agile in your funding.