This year has been full of unexpected challenges, so this week on the Nonprofit Jenni Show, let’s talk about how to plan for the new year. First, Dr. Patton McDowell (podcast host of “Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership”) discusses mergers, alliances, and other forms of collaboration that help your nonprofit have a greater impact. Then Jenni offers three tips to improve the way you communicate with your supporters in 2021.
Where Nonprofits Can Find Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As part of our ongoing series about how nonprofits can thrive in the face of COVID-19, we wanted to address questions we’ve received from leaders about how to fill staff and volunteer time. Many Executive Directors have told us they would like to use this time during “Safer at Home” periods to offer virtual professional development opportunities to staff and volunteers who aren’t able to carry out their normal roles. In this week’s episode of the Nonprofit Jenni Show, Jenni highlights a few high-quality professional development activities which can all be completed online.
Strategic Plans and How to Make Them
In Season 2, Episode 12, I spoke with George Hsieh from Community Resource Exchange and Corey Gephart from St. Luke’s Community House to learn about the strategic planning process for nonprofit organizations. George Hsieh is a seasoned nonprofit consultant who coaches nonprofit organizations in New York City through the strategic planning process, and he shared the basic steps to writing a strategic plan. Corey Gephart’s organization recently completed a strategic planning process, and she shared her experiences with her board and strategic planning committee, as well as some advice for other nonprofits starting the process for the first time.