STRATEGIC PLANNING

NMG provides processes for identifying and responding to strategic questions, developing a clear mission and vision, and gaining staff and board commitment to long-term goals.  The Nonprofit Management Group also assists with writing and implementing a plan that can be used to monitor and measure results.

• Updating the mission, if necessary
• Tying to the Mission—How Do We Prioritize Our Scarce Human and Capital Resources and Translate this to the Budget and the Plan?
• Performance Objectives—What Commitments Should We Make and What Commitments Should We Not Make?
• Managing Staff--How Do We Hold Staff Accountable for Business Decisions?
• Incentive Compensation, Recognition—How Can We Increase Salaries When It is the Largest Expense Item?
• Tracking actual results and accountability
• Communication Skills—Who Are the Relevant Stakeholders and How Do We Talk to All of Them Effectively?
• New Perspectives & Solutions--How Can We Pay for Consultants When We Can’t Pay Enough to Our Employees?
• Focus Groups, Surveys and Other Feedback—When is this Truly Necessary?
• Continuous planning cycles
• Short and long-term outcomes
• Input from staff, board and other stakeholders
• Competitive analyses
• The impact of capital expenditures
• Allocations of revenue and expense
• The value of breakeven analyses and other tools
• Using endowments
• Monitoring plan implementation
• Updating the financial projection during the current year

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