Strategic Planning
Briefing Papers
Change Management: Strategies to Help Nonprofit Leaders Make the Most of Uncertain Times
Ten Keys to Successful
Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders
This paper explores planning that examines informed projections about environmental realities to
help your organization anticipate and respond to change. Tips include defining your mission and
goals, targeting spending, and reshaping programs.
Effective Philanthropy: The Importance of Focus for Foundations
This paper explores TCC Group's experience working with grantees for almost 30 years and offers suggestions on making philanthropic programs more focused and effective.
Rediscovering a Strategic Resource: Your Employees
Many companies are beginning to recognize that employee involvement programs are a critical part of successful community involvement programs. Using a detailed case example from Altria Group, TCC group provides guidelines and best practices of employee involvement programs in this paper.
Looking for Opportunities: Adapting to Uncertainty and Capitalizing on Your Corporate Contributions Record
In this paper TCC Group draws upon its experience to offer advice on how companies and their corporate contributions departments can adapt to uncertainty and add value to their business, while describing various strategies that can enable contributions managers to better prepare to confront this uncertainty.
Books & Reports
Pulling Together: Strengthening the Nonprofit Sector through Strategic Restructuring
This report discusses strategic restructuring as a method for creating partnerships between and among organizations, strategic restructuring enables nonprofits to forge a wide range of advantageous alliances, from mergers and joint ventures to administrative consolidations and joint programs.
Articles
Strategic Planning: Some Lessons Learned about What Does and Doesn't Work
This article, published in the May-June 1998 issue of New York Nonprofits, summarizes a workshop given by Paul Connolly and Margaret Berger on strategic planning and organizational productivity. It outlines the components necessary to make a smart and effective strategic plan.
