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Strategy, Performance, & Risk

The best way to predict the future is to create it.”  — Peter Drucker

Strategic Frameworks for Impact

Discern your strategic focus, then align your people, money, and programs to achieve it. Let’s talk about how to design a strategic framework that delivers outcomes that matter.

Popular topics include:

What is the board’s place in strategic planning?

Which planning models make sense for nonprofits?

What is a Theory of Change —and how could it enhance our planning?

How do we align day-to-day work with our strategic planning?

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Board Self-Assessments for Performance

Developed by BoardSource assessment professionals, Board Self-Assessment explores and compiles individual trustees’ perceptions of the board’s performance on these core responsibilities:

 

Mission                                     Strategy                         Meetings
Funding & Public Image         Board Composition      Board Structure
Program Oversight                 Financial Oversight      Executive Oversight
                                                  Policies & Practices

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Optimize Risk for Advantage

Anticipate threats to your intended outcomes and what could stop you from achieving your goals. Let’s talk about how to adapt your responses to different categories of risk —and even how to gain strategic advantages from some risks.

Popular topics include:

What are effective responses to different categories of risk?

How do we anticipate the risks that come with collaborative ventures?

When does it make sense to do contingency or “what if” scenario planning?

Which risks are we willing to accept because of the benefits that go with them?

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