Strategic planning is integral to the success of every nonprofit organization. These plans serve as road maps that guide nonprofits, ensuring actions align with an organization’s mission and goals.

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Did you know that the typical five-year strategic planning forecasts perform about as well as dart-throwing chimpanzees? Cognitive science and behavioral economics scholars have conducted research on ...

Nonprofit leaders, midlevel managers, and frontline staff sometimes view strategic planning as one more task heaped onto near-impossible workloads. After all, developing a strategic plan — by ...

Strategic planning is the process of identifying where you want your company to be in the future and then charting steps to get there. However, you can't get where you want to go unless you have the ...

If you wanted to get to the top of a mountain, my guess is you'd plan ahead. You'd make sure to look at the weather, pack the right supplies and wear the appropriate gear. It's the same concept when ...

Strategic planning for any business involves allocating resources toward long-range goals. Almost without exception, long-term planning involves depending on certain financial assumptions, whether ...