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Jan 13, 2012
Board Retreats and Strategic Planning Grantees
Below are organizations that received TA awards for Board Retreats and Strategic Planning. One purpose of this site is to encourage potential grantees to contact previous applicants to determine wast made their project successful; who they interviewed; if they had to do it over again, what would they do differently, etc. So look for an organization with whom you would like to connect and explore their process for selecting a consultant, designing the activities, and share your story!
Category: Board Retreats and Strategic Planning
May 12, 2011
What is 'Founder's Syndrome'? Do we have it? How do we recover?
'Founder's Syndrome' occurs when a nonprofit operates according to the personality of the chief executive or board, rather than according to its overall mission. To continue to meet the needs of their clients/customers, nonprofits must continue to evolve through a life-cycle change.
Category: Board Retreats and Strategic Planning
Jan 22, 2011
Advice Making Board Retreats More Productive
The Christian Children's Home of Ohio has learned that sometimes a retreat can help a charity advance. The organization, a nonprofit foster home and child-care center in Wooster, was growing rapidly and needed to make big changes to keep up with the demand for its services, says Gary Porter, the executive director. From the group's founding in 1969, he says, it had gone from serving five children to serving 500 by the spring of 1996, when it began seriously exploring its need to revamp and make changes for the future. "We had many things ahead of us," Mr. Porter says. "But the board had to change. We had to move from a board that micromanaged to a board that could dream, could move ahead."
Category: Board Retreats and Strategic Planning
Aug 13, 2010
Emergency Succession Plan Template
Procedure for the Appointment of an Acting Executive Director in the Event of an Unplanned Absence of the Executive Director
Category: Board Retreats and Strategic Planning
May 13, 2010
Sample Succession Plan Policy
A change in executive leadership is inevitable for all organizations and can be a very challenging time. Therefore, it is the policy of the nonprofit to be prepared for an eventual permanent change in leadership – either planned or unplanned – to insure the stability and accountability of the organization until such time as new permanent leadership is identified.
Category: Board Retreats and Strategic Planning
Feb 26, 2010
Sample Survey for Identifying Key Qualities for the New Director
The survey should be taken by all members of the board, staff, and the outgoing director if possible.
Category: Board Retreats and Strategic Planning