When you have bright, enthusiastic and bought-in talent on your staff, we think it’s a great idea to include them in your organization’s strategic planning, goal setting and tactical planning processes.
In today’s economy, that can be a difficult question to answer. Funds are tight, people are nervous and things are moving along, but slowly. However, in order to rise out of the clutter of the great recession, organizations must have a vision for the future.
Whether you’re raising money, selling products or services, recruiting employees or simply trying to be a good corporate citizen, it’s important for your community to know how to think of your company. It’s called “branding” these days.
In a recent Align article we presented the pros and cons of using a third-party facilitator. Now we will give you some insight into the benefits of engaging an Align consultant, as reported from the experiences of two of our recent clients. The story is written in first-person (with no quotation marks) for readability. It is a compilation of the comments of two clients but was not written by either of them.
Any organization or publication that supports nonprofits through education talks and writes about ‘mission creep.’ So what we have to say may sound familiar. If you’ve considered mission creep before, remember that you can’t consider it too often. If it’s a new phrase to you, plant it in your nonprofit lexicon.