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Simplifying nonprofit strategic planning for beginners 

Get Fully Funded

Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. It’s no wonder nonprofit strategic planning leads to frustration. A strategic plan looks ahead up to five years. What a waste of time!

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Extend Strategic Planning Beyond Times of Crisis

NonProfit PRO

On the final day of the NonProfit POWER conference, Bill Stanczykiewicz of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy opened the final day of the event with his keynote, “Current Trends in Fundraising.” Fundraisers find themselves emerging from two challenging years and preparing for the possible recession in the year ahead.

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Crafting Effective Tours with a Major Gifts Strategy

The Fundraiser Coach

There may be bigger vision items to point to within the food bank's 5- or 10-year strategic plan. A more effective and strategic way to close a tour is to meet in a quiet conference room, or a space with few distractions. If the company is looking to partner over the long term, be sure to mirror that in the storyteling.

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Highlighting 9 bbcon 2024 Sessions for Raiser’s Edge NXT® Users

Blackbaud

You’re in for an unforgettable experience: bbcon is Blackbaud’s annual three-day conference for nonprofit professionals, showcasing everything new and next in your software, plus networking and idea-sharing with fundraisers, development team leaders, and innovators from every sector. New to bbcon? 24—26, 2024.

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Grant Writer vs. Grant Consultant: Is There a Difference?

Grant Writer Team

The following are some tasks you might consider offering your clients: Strategic Planning: Participate in strategic planning to align grant-seeking activities with organizational goals and priorities. The transition from writer to consultant is mostly about professionalism and rebranding yourself.

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Investing in Growth: Leaders’ Professional Development Plans

The NonProfit Times

This requires embracing opportunities for skill development, whether through reading books and articles, attending conferences and workshops, or participating in online courses and webinars. Invest In Training and Workshops Some of the best resources available in any industry are training programs, webinars, and workshops.

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Free Webinar from GiftWorks September 9: The 14 Basic Principles of Fund Development

Tech Soup

She's an expert in fund development, strategic planning, and board development, working with all types and sizes of organizations. Simone teaches philanthropy at the university level, speaks at conferences worldwide, and her books and other writings receive rave reviews.

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