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Start Planning Now for Leadership Succession

  By Jeff Glebocki, Founder & Lead Advisor Strategy + Action/Philanthropy jeff@strategyplusaction.com   Over the past few months, I’ve been in dialogue with a range of organizations about leadership succession. These conversations reminded me about the absolute importance of planning ahead, of being prepared for change. This month, I’m reposting an earlier blog on the […]

How Leadership Succession Planning Can More Deeply Engage Family and Board Members

By Jill Blair, strategy and organizational consultant, and Jeffrey M. Glebocki, CEO, Strategy + Action/Philanthropy This post is the second in a 2-part series on leadership succession planning. Read part 1 on the importance of planning for leadership succession now. Exponent Philanthropy members can explore these themes further in an article by the same authors in our Fall 2015 […]

New Partnership with Christina Milano

“The stakeholder analysis by Strategy + Action told us where the value of our program is and how we can build upon our strengths. We also learned where the gaps are in our efforts and how we can turn those into opportunities to better serve children, parents and educators.” Natalie Celeste, Member, Cleveland Schools Book […]

Are We Making a Difference with Our Philanthropy?

“Roughly half of family foundations that responded to the National Center for Family Philanthropy’s first-ever Trends in Family Philanthropy survey reported that they are exploring how to assess their impact…”   Learning about impact is getting increased and well-deserved attention from more foundations. Strategy + Action/Philanthropy has worked with family, private and community foundations around […]

Start Planning Now for Leadership Succession

“Over the past decade, ‘board/generational succession’ has been identified as the top issue for foundation boards in 7 of the past 9 years….”*   In the nonprofit sector, almost 50% of organizations don’t have succession plans according to a recent national survey. **   Leadership transitions are inevitable. They are natural moments of evolution and […]

Leading Your Organization

“A strong nonprofit leader drives a sense of mission down through the organization, upward into the board and outward in the community.”*   It has been some time since the first Nonprofit Management certificates and degrees were conferred upon those who aspired to lead organizations that serve the common good. Most of these programs focused […]

There’s No Such Thing as Nonprofit Sustainability

Change – real change – takes time.  We face long arcs of work to tackle significant problems, and the illusion of nonprofit sustainability hampers our collective efforts.  How about if we initiate an honest conversation about sustainability between funders and nonprofits? Read my 2-part blog series that spotlights the specific dynamics in philanthropy that contribute […]

Here’s a New Online Resource for Community Foundations

The country’s largest association of funders, Exponent Philanthropy, has launched a Community Foundation Public Discussion List (http://goo.gl/dAe795). In response to popular demand, Exponent Philanthropy created this discussion list exclusively for community foundations to ask questions of one another, share information, and gain insight into the unique aspects of managing community foundations. For a limited time […]

First Things First Seeks New CEO

First Things First (FTF) is Arizona’s early childhood agency, committed to the healthy development and learning of young children from birth to age 5. FTF is seeking a dynamic, visionary leader capable of spearheading and managing this statewide early childhood organization with budgeted annual expenditures of about $150 million.  FTF has a staff of 160 […]