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Wednesday, August 7, 2010

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Strategic Planning with the Environmental Snapshot

By Shawn Sheridan, Consultant, Dewey & Kaye

Today, the nonprofit sector is challenged by the "new normal": instability of the economy, state and federal funding retrenchment, and less disposable contributor spending. Given these circumstances, nonprofit organizations have a compelling need to create (and adjust) strategic plans that effectively link mission to outcomes in order to weather the economic turmoil and shifts within the sector. In addition, given the financial constraints of many organizations, these plans must be completed in as cost-effective manner as possible. And above all, to provide real value to the organization, the plans should be based upon an accurate, data-informed picture of the organization's operating environment.

To address this need, Dewey & Kaye and Three Rivers Connect (3rc) have collaboratively developed the Environmental Snapshot, a tool designed to quickly collect and present the critical information an organization requires to inform its strategic planning process. We believe this tool will greatly enhance the availability, quality, cost-effectiveness and interpretability of information for the purposes of strategic planning in the nonprofit sector. Organizations can use the information gathered through the Environmental Snapshot to guide the remainder of their strategic planning process, regardless of whether it is completed by an internal facilitator or by an external consultant.

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Building Healthy and Effective Nonprofit Leadership Teams

Leslie Bonner, Senior Consultant, Dewey & Kaye

• In an era of exponential change, does your management team have the skills and competencies to thrive? How can they make better strategic and operational decisions?
• Is your leadership team all that it could be? What core adjustments would get them to full potential?
• Look at other nonprofits: Does your team rank with the best?

One leader in isolation does not lead an organization to success. The senior management team working together is essential to navigating in these increasingly complex and challenging times and can positively affect the bottom line. Conversely, an ineffective team can impact morale, staff confidence, and consume precious organizational resources.

Dewey & Kaye set out to examine how senior teams in nonprofit organizations were faring. This report is the result of our surveying and interviewing 104 nonprofit executives and senior leaders who lead or are part of their leadership team.

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Nonprofit Set to Fund Environmental Projects

Friday, June 25, 2010
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Sprout Fund is offering grants of $5,000 and $20,000 to help environmental projects get off the ground from a new initiative it calls the Spring Program.

The Sprout Fund grew out of the New Idea Factory, a six-month project Jim Roddey formed after he was elected Allegheny County executive in 2000. Since 2002, the nonprofit has granted seed money for public art and murals, early childhood technology education, community development and green initiatives.

The Spring Program, funded largely by the Pittsburgh Foundation, will award 20 community-based programs grants to help environmental entrepreneurship.

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