Using Adaptive Strategy to Get Through a Crisis
A Case Study of Lutheran Social Services of Indiana By Alexander Porte For nonprofit…
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Programming for Impact
Why Understanding the Problem Is Crucial for Impact By Shelly Scnhupp Achieving impact is still a challenge for many…
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How Nonprofit Boards Upped Their Game During the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Shelly Schnupp Stories about nonprofit boards tend to focus on the bad or the ugly. Where was the board?!?…
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Becoming a More Adaptive Organization After a Crisis
By Steve Strang In 2019 I wrote a blog post advocating for organizations to try a more adaptive strategic planning…
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Paying for Impact: What Makes a Sustainable Revenue Strategy?
What makes a sustainable revenue strategy? By: Steve Zimmerman, Steve Strang, and Shelly Schnupp Ask any Executive Director what…
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The Organizational Model: How to Stay Grounded and Adaptive at the Same Time
“In order to fly you need something solid to take off from.” - P.L. Travers Among the many things…
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How to Implement Adaptive Strategy in Nonprofits
By: Steve Strang Earlier this year, I came across a number of RFPs proposing a pre-determined set of outcomes that…
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Introducing Spectrum’s “Advancing Nonprofit Strategy Series”
Spectrum Nonprofit Services’ approach to strategy is based on the premise that strategy is an ongoing process driven by the…
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