Nonprofits
The Critical Role of the Strategic Brand
Harvard researcher Nathalie Kylander challenges traditional branding principles and proposes a new framework for developing a more strategic brand.
Podcast
Tag: Strategic Planning
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Nonprofits
Social Change Anytime Everywhere
Social Change Anytime Everywhere outlines basic principles for connecting to a target community, principles applicable to any type of movement.
Advocacy
Assessing Advocacy
Grantmakers can use a quantitative framework to help them decide which advocacy programs to invest in, and advocacy organizations can use it to determine which approaches might be most effective.
Nonprofit Management
The Strategic Plan is Dead. Long Live Strategy.
In today’s fast-changing world, why freeze your strategic thinking in a five-year plan?
Education
A Simple Method to Improve College Graduation Rates
A case study of Boston-area organization Bottom Line.
Nonprofit Management
Becoming a Networked Nonprofit
Redesigning your nonprofit organization to become more participatory, open, authentic, decentralized, collective, and effective—via social media, networks, and beyond.
Measuring Social Impact
Measuring Advocacy – Yes We Can!
Five measurement strategies that enable rapid course correction and continuous improvement.
Nonprofit Management
Don’t Just Scale, Retrofit! – Part 1
Most nonprofits are more apt to benefit from retrofitting rather than scaling strategies.
Nonprofit Management
War Games and Other Tools to Reinvent Your Nonprofit
Five tips for organizations that need to change how they operate.