Strategic Planning: Creating a Process of Becoming
Amanda Kearney-Smith Amanda Kearney-Smith

Strategic Planning: Creating a Process of Becoming

Should the goal of a strategic planning process be to create an inspiring vision, establish a environment rooted in positivity, and emphasise strengths - or to identify and fix problems, and thereby creating a robust and impervious organizational model?

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Women's Equality Day and the Nonprofit Sector
Amanda Kearney-Smith Amanda Kearney-Smith

Women's Equality Day and the Nonprofit Sector

Women’s Equality Day marks the certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which granted women the right to vote - white women. Pointing out the irony implicit in the name given to this day isn’t perhaps necessary - but it is important.

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Register for Board Member Bootcamp!
Amanda Kearney-Smith Amanda Kearney-Smith

Register for Board Member Bootcamp!

Board members are a critical (and necessary) component of a nonprofit organization. Board members are crucial volunteers who share important responsibilities.

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The ED Job Is Impossible!
Amanda Kearney-Smith Amanda Kearney-Smith

The ED Job Is Impossible!

We might sound like a broken record, we’ve written about this many times, but the narrative hasn’t changed. Then we came across this brilliant article!

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Strategy is Not a Goal it is a Direction
Amanda Kearney-Smith Amanda Kearney-Smith

Strategy is Not a Goal it is a Direction

Peter Drucker once said “Strategy is not a goal, it is a direction, a blueprint for putting the pieces together and building. It must have continuous feedback to translate real-time results into refinements and changes as appropriate.”

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When Boards are Toxic
Amanda Kearney-Smith Amanda Kearney-Smith

When Boards are Toxic

All doctors take an oath (the Hippocratic Oath) to “do no harm”. This is obviously important for professionals who hold lives in their hands. However, it's a good rule of thumb for all professionals wouldn’t you agree?

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