The Sustainability Mindset : Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic Decisions.
Title:
The Sustainability Mindset : Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic Decisions.
Author:
Zimmerman, Steve.
ISBN:
9781118767245
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Contents:
The Sustainability Mindset: Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic Decisions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, Exhibits, and Templates -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Defining Nonprofit Sustainability -- The Context Today -- On Strategy -- On the State of Nonprofit Financial Health -- On the Notion of Overhead -- On Impact -- On Organizational Forms -- About This Book -- Chapter 2: The Matrix Map -- The Nonprofit Business Model -- The Matrix Map -- When Is the Best Time to Put a Matrix Map Together? -- Updating the Matrix Map -- Who Should Be Involved in the Matrix Map Process? -- Senior Leadership -- Board of Directors -- Staff -- Outside Stakeholders -- Steps in the Process -- Summary: Using this Field Guide -- Chapter 3: Getting Started -- Guiding the Process: Establishing a Task Force -- Choosing a Project Manager -- Introductory Meeting -- Overview of the Concept -- Introducing the Matrix Map -- Identifying Strategic Issues -- Constituent Needs -- Funding Trends -- Other External Forces -- Internal Forces -- Articulating Strategic Issues -- Templates -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Articulating Impact -- Understanding Impact -- Articulating Intended Impact -- Defining Programs to Map -- Mission-Specific Programs -- Fund Development Programs -- Impact and Revenue Strategies -- Templates -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Assessing Mission Impact -- Process Overview -- Designing the Impact Assessment -- Determine Who Will Select and Tailor the Impact Criteria -- Determine Who Will Participate in the Assessment -- Determine How the Assessment Will Be Conducted -- Communicate Your Design Choices -- Implementing the Assessment Process -- Select the Impact Criteria -- Craft Strong Criteria -- Develop Background Material for Mission-Specific and Fund Development Programs -- Create the E-Survey or Assessment Worksheets.
Conduct the Assessment -- Templates -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Determining Profitability -- Nonprofit Expenses -- Staffing Plan -- Administrative Allocation -- Allocating Revenue -- Challenges and Variations -- In-Kind Donations -- Volunteer Management -- Leading the Process -- Templates -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Creating Your Map -- Creating Your Matrix Map -- Drawing Your Map Electronically -- Mapping in Excel -- Making Your Map Legible -- Drawing Your Map with Pen and Paper -- Variations on the Matrix Map -- Introducing the Matrix Map -- Template -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Reading the Matrix Map: Developing the Key Messages -- Finding the Narrative: How Do Your Bubbles Cluster? -- Do You Have "Right Revenue"? -- Does the Current Revenue Mix Reliably Produce a Modest Surplus? -- Do We Have a Reliable Source of Unrestricted Support? -- Are Our Largest Sources of Income Paying for Work That We Deem Essential to Our Intended Impact? -- Are We Relying on a Funding Stream That Is Changing Substantially, and Is That Change beyond Our Control? -- Are We Relying on a Funding Stream That Is Misaligned with Our Organizational Values? -- Understanding "Right Revenue" -- Are the Dynamics of Our Market Landscape Changing in Critical Ways? -- Our Position in Our Field or Movement -- Our Perception among Donors and Funders -- Our Perception among Clients and Participants -- Developing Your Messages -- Creating a Business Model Statement -- Templates -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Program-Level Strategic Inquiry -- The Heart Quadrant -- The Star Quadrant -- The Money Tree Quadrant -- The Stop Sign Quadrant -- Process -- Templates -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Case Studies -- Community Institute -- The Matrix Map Process -- Analysis -- St. Elizabeth Housing -- The Matrix Map Process -- Columbus Community Services -- Summary.
Chapter 11: Bringing it All Together: The Tools and Processes of the Sustainability Mindset -- Strategic People, Not Strategic Plans -- Cultivating the Sustainability Mindset -- In the End: Leadership -- Notes -- The Authors -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
Abstract:
The Matrix Map-a powerful tool for nonprofit strategic decision-making Nonprofit sustainability lies at the intersection of exceptional impact and financial viability. The Sustainability Mindset offers nonprofit professionals and board members a step-by-step guide to move your organization towards this intersection. As outlined in the bestselling book Nonprofit Sustainability, "The Matrix Map" is an accessible framework that combines financial and programmatic goals into an integrated strategy. In this next-step resource, the authors detail a rigorous process to develop a meaningful Matrix Map and engage leadership in setting an organization's strategy. Nonprofits that thrive in today's environment are adaptable with a clear understanding of their impact and business model. This book offers nonprofit boards and staff a framework to do so. Drawing on their in-depth experience, the authors provide an easy-to-follow process complete with tools and templates to help organizations visualize their business model and engage in strategic inquiry. The book provides a variety of illustrative examples to show how the Matrix Map works for all types of organizations. Nonprofit executives and board member are sure to benefit from The Matrix Map analysis. Offers step-by-step guidance for creating a Matrix-Map, a visual representation of an organization's business model Helps organizations assess how each of their programs contributes toward their desired impact and their financial bottom-line. Filled with compelling examples of how The Matrix Map helps nonprofits with strategic decision-making Written by the coauthors of the groundbreaking book Nonprofit Sustainability This comprehensive resource will give any nonprofit the framework they need to make decisions for sustainability and the templates and tools to implement it and help leaders address the
challenges inherent in balancing mission impact with financial viability.
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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