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Reading for Leading Change–November 2024
Reading for Leading Change–November 2024
The Power of Asset-Based Community Development
The Power of Asset-Based Community Development
Making Mistakes Helps Us Navigate Change
Making Mistakes Helps Us Navigate Change
What DEIBA Means to Us and How We Center It in the Strategic Planning Process
What DEIBA Means to Us and How We Center It in the Strategic Planning Process
Reading for Leading Change–July 2024
Reading for Leading Change–July 2024
Turn These Three Fears About Strategic Planning Into Opportunities
Turn These Three Fears About Strategic Planning Into Opportunities
Ideas to Implement from the Just Future Summit
Ideas to Implement from the Just Future Summit
Executive Directors and CEOs: Share Your Perspectives with Your Teams
Executive Directors and CEOs: Share Your Perspectives with Your Teams
Reading for Leading Change–Oct. 2023
Reading for Leading Change–Oct. 2023
Business Model Development
Business Model Development
Who to Include in Strategic Planning: How to Build Your Strategic Planning Committee
Who to Include in Strategic Planning: How to Build Your Strategic Planning Committee
Iteration is Key to Building an Adaptive Strategic Plan 
Iteration is Key to Building an Adaptive Strategic Plan 
Diverging and Converging: Tools for Human-Centered Design
Diverging and Converging: Tools for Human-Centered Design
Community Organizing and Strategic Planning Go Hand-in-hand
Community Organizing and Strategic Planning Go Hand-in-hand
Reading for Leading Change–Feb. 2023
Reading for Leading Change–Feb. 2023
Keeping Your Core Values at the Center
Keeping Your Core Values at the Center
Leading with Hope and Inspiration in Times of Despair
Leading with Hope and Inspiration in Times of Despair
Tips for Designing a Successful Board Retreat
Tips for Designing a Successful Board Retreat
Keeping Your Strategic Plan Adaptable in an Uncertain World
Keeping Your Strategic Plan Adaptable in an Uncertain World
Reading for Leading Change–March 2022
Reading for Leading Change–March 2022
What is Strategy? Why Do You Need to Know? 
What is Strategy? Why Do You Need to Know? 
Scenario Planning: Rapid Planning in a Time of Rapid Change
Scenario Planning: Rapid Planning in a Time of Rapid Change
Negotiation is a Part of Nonprofit Life: 8 Strategies for Acing Your Next One
Negotiation is a Part of Nonprofit Life: 8 Strategies for Acing Your Next One
Creating Your Nonprofit’s Future: Why Strategic Planning May Be the Most Important Thing Nonprofit Leaders Can Do
Creating Your Nonprofit’s Future: Why Strategic Planning May Be the Most Important Thing Nonprofit Leaders Can Do
Five Tips to Make the Most of Your End-Of-Year Fundraising
Five Tips to Make the Most of Your End-Of-Year Fundraising