Organizations need to continue services despite a pandemic. Planning is challenging when so many “unknowns” impact the future. Planning based on plausible scenarios provides a basis for preparing.   Create  Plausible  Scenarios   Define Impact  and  Implications   Adapt and Innovate  Service  Delivery   The Leadership Group LLC (TLG) has used a Scenario Planning process   …

In the last TLG Email we discussed preparing for fundraising by analyzing the data in your donor database: 1-Major Donors: Develop a list of your most generous donors: $500-and-above; $1,000-and- above. 2-Loyal Donors: Develop a list of the donors who have given annually for three years  (or multiple times within a year). These two groups of donors are the most…

Worried about the financial future of your nonprofit? You have data at your fingertips to work on this problem. That data is the history of donor giving. While you may have time available, this is an opportunity to prepare a future strategy for donors. “Donor analytics” is the process of compiling, organizing and interpreting donor…

Hello All, We hope that you, your family and staff are doing well during these difficult times.  It must be overwhelming trying to serve your clients and keep your agency running remotely. The Leadership Group wanted to help in some small way so we plan to send you several weekly emails to help you as…

“Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.”   Thomas de Maiziere Transparency is no longer the flavor of the month or latest buzzword. It’s now a core value and guiding principle that drives organizational vision and strategy. This transparency, the free and honest flow of information, is key…