Posts Tagged ‘plans’
Resolutions or Promises? By Dr. Bob Snyder
Will It Be New Year Resolutions or Standing on Promises? I used to make New Year’s resolutions, but by mid-January, I would be wallowing in failure. Positive change is good, but it is challenging. I have realized that striving for change in my strength is futile. This year, I made no resolutions. Instead, I choose…
Read More3 Questions to Guide Your New Ministry Plans by Terry A. Smith
Are You Adapting Plans to Guide You in the Current Climate? What’s guiding your current plans? For countless churches and ministries, COVID-19 has created massive disruption. Unable to gather physically, we’ve moved to online connections. Churches who didn’t have a Facebook page strategy are now scrambling to broadcast Sunday worship services live; in-person Bible studies…
Read MoreFundraising Plans for 2020 By Nicole Nieves
Five Fundraising Plans to Implement in 2020 If you listed the top five ways your organization could start the year off strong, what would make the cut? Perhaps it’s staying ahead of the latest trends, having a solid strategic plan, or effectively utilizing data and analysis. But there’s one thing even more important than all…
Read More5 Tips for Bringing Your Strategic Plan to Life by Tom Okarma
Does your strategic plan give life to your mission? Every nonprofit agency has a strategic plan, somewhere. Maybe in a file cabinet, on a credenza, on its website, but they have one. It’s there, you just have to search it out. The problem is, you’d never know it by the way so many just keep…
Read MoreWhat Happens When Plans Fail By Mike Bohem
When corporate executives evaluate a new initiative, they will consider the “facts” and recommendations and then make a decision whether to proceed. Of course, facts are not always accurate and those implementing the plan are not infallible, so business plans may fail. When this happens, good leaders ask “why?” In some cases, the “why” question…
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