Mission Impact : Breakthrough Strategies for Nonprofits

by Robert M. Sheehan

• ISBN13: 9780470592892
• ISBN10: 0470592893
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Create powerful strategies for your nonprofit organization to achieve breakthrough performance in mission impactDoes your nonprofit have a reliable way of knowing the impact its making? Beginning with an eye-opening discussion of what strategy is, Mission Impact: A Breakthrough Strategy for Nonprofits reveals how the process of strategy development should be designed with authoritative coverage of mission impact, vision, five year strategic stretch goals, strategy implementation, and management. Step-by-step guidance and practical tools Integrates the very best current thinking on performance and strategy available, drawing from both the corporate and nonprofit worlds Cutting-edge ideas presented in a user-friendly fashionThe deteriorating quality of life in our communities screams out for immediate action for breakthrough improvement, not just incremental changes. Mission Impact: A Breakthrough Strategy for Nonprofits will lead you and your organization to achieve breakthrough performance for maximum mission impact.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

About the Author

What is Nonprofit Strategy?

What Is Strategy?

Strategy Guides Performance

Nonprofit Strategy

Hypothetical Example Organizations

Designing the Strategy Development Process

Are You Ready?

Stakeholder Identification and Involvement

Length and Scope

The Strategy Development Group

Application to Hypothetical Organizations

Your Mission Impact

The Mission Accomplishment Approach

The Mission Statement

Mission Accomplishment Measures

Your Mission Gap

Application to Hypothetical Organizations

Vision For Your Organization

What Is Vision?

Aspirational Visions

Role of Aspirational Visions

Real-World Applications of Aspirational Visions

Application to Hypothetical Organizations

Strategic Stretch Goals

What We Know About Goals

Outcome-Based SMART Goals

Almost Impossible

Real-World Applications of Stretch Goals

Application to Hypothetical Organizations

Organization Assessment

Planning Your Assessment

External Assessments

Internal Assessments

The Venture Philanthropy Partners Capacity Framework

The SDG SWOT Analysis

Application to Hypothetical Organizations

Strategy Development

Nonprofit Strategy Revisited

Creating Your Organization's Strategy

The Strategy Narrative

Application to Hypothetical Organizations

Strategy Implementation and Management

Strategy First

Aligning the Organization

Annual Operating Plans

Additional Management Concepts and Tools

Leveraging Your Commitment and Hard Work

Epilogue: The Seven Deadly Sins of Nonprofit Strategy

Venture Philanthropy Partners Capacity Assessment Grid

Summary of Hypothetical Organization Strategy Development Outcomes

References

AFP Code of Ethics for Professional Philanthropic Fundraisers

Donor Bill of Rights

Index

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