Results Now for Nonprofits : Purpose, Strategy, Operations, and Governance.
Title:
Results Now for Nonprofits : Purpose, Strategy, Operations, and Governance.
Author:
Light, Mark.
ISBN:
9781118001233
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (303 pages)
Contents:
Results Now for Nonprofits: Purpose, Strategy, Operations, and Governance -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: Setting The Frame -- 1: The Four Pillars of High Performance -- Defining High Performance -- The Third Envelope -- 2: Planning Rules -- Just Say No -- Just Say Yes -- Show Me the Money -- Bottom Lines -- 3: All Together -- Master Plan -- Be Quick -- PART II: Purpose -- 4: Values -- Getting Real -- Talk that Walks -- 5: Mission -- Customers -- Difference -- Advantage -- Sweet Spot -- Hoop Dreams -- PART III: Strategy -- 6: Lines of Business -- Front Lines -- Means and Ends -- Making Lines of Business -- 7: Success Measures -- Measuring the Unmeasurable -- Why Measure? -- Making Success Measures -- 8: Vision Statement -- Vision Types -- Making Statements -- 9: Vision Strategies -- Making Strategies -- PART IV: Operations -- 10: Goals -- Making Goals -- 11: Budget -- PART V: Governance -- Seven Realities -- 12: Delegation -- Levers -- Duties -- Guidelines -- 13: Accountability -- Agendas -- Assessments -- 14: Smart Board -- Help Me Help You -- Adding Value -- APPENDIX A: BAM -- APPENDIX B: First Cut -- APPENDIX C: Final Answers -- APPENDIX D: Board Meeting Advance Information Template -- Notes -- About the Author -- Index.
Abstract:
Build your nonprofit into a high performer with this practical approach to purpose, strategy, operations, and governance Planning is vital to achieving your nonprofit's purpose-too bad most nonprofits are strapped for time. Not anymore. Using a lightning-fast and inclusive process, Results Now® puts purpose, strategy, operations, and governance into one user-friendly, comprehensive plan that your board can pass in a single vote and your organization can maintain as a regular part of its business throughout the year. Results Now for Nonprofits relies on accountability and performance measurement to increase the level of effective decision-making. This "big picture first, details next" planning process helps you: Use the Results Now master plan as a centerpiece of board meetings and as a standard part of board meeting advance information Foster a welcome climate for give-and-take strategic thinking Clarify the organization's story for the community and keep people on point about what's important Develop team cohesion Orient newer leadership members and recharge seasoned ones Attract new funders who reward nonprofits who plan A must-have for all nonprofit executives and directors, members of boards and trustees, and nonprofit managers, Results Now for Nonprofits is a results-driven, practical tool that will help your organization achieve its mission, values, and destiny.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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