Partnership
Sustaining Impact
Strategic Planning Do's and Don'ts
Details of Planning
Mastering Adaptation
100
They don't make matchmaking sites for nonprofits, but they do make ____________.
What is www.Guidestar.org ?
100
Was Teach for America successful in sustaining impact?
Yes.
100
Does the following sentence fall under the category of "Do" or "Don't" Overemphasize staff buy-in when designing planning process.
What is "Don't"?
100
How many times is strategic planning traditionally done and redone?
2 to 5 years
100
The first step in the cycle of adaptation.
What is Listen to the Environment?
200
Before partnering with another organization, it’s best to make sure you understand the needs of your own and the goals of the partnership. This is done through ____ __________.
What is self assessment?
200
What are the three critical elements to sustain impact?
What is -People -Capital -Infastructure
200
Under the category of Don'ts what should you avoid undertaking just because the last strategic plan has expired?
What is a generic planning process.
200
Name one benefit of Strategic Planning
Any of the following: -Providing direction and focus to staff and board members -Developing language to describe the organization's current community goals and impact -Making key adjustments to the financial assumptions and plans that will make implementation of the chosen strategies financially viable
200
Different nonprofit cultures support adaptation differently. The ____ _______ are more flexible and have an easier time adapting to change.
What is free spirits?
300
Names of the three main categories in the Partnership Matrix.
What is Collaboration, Strategic Alliance, and Corporate Integration?
300
Finding the right sources of funding falls under which critical element of sustaining impact?
What is capital?
300
Under the category of Don'ts, you should never develop strategies without corresponding __________ _________ of how much the strategies will cost and where that money will come from.
What is financial analysis?
300
Define the purpose of Strategic Planning
What is To clarify or update their mission and commit to a set of coordinated activities that will best accomplish that mission.
300
Great nonprofits constantly _______ and _______ their tactics.
What is adapt and modify?
400
The first thing of The Five Things to Know About Partnering.
What is Be open to viewing the cultures and processes of groups you wish to partner with as they see themselves.
400
In reference to the Infrastructure element of sustaining impact, you should invest in _____________ despite the pressure to look lean.
What is overhead?
400
Describe one "Do" of Strategic Planning
What is -Listen deeply to the community as you are developing strategies. This includes clients, constituents, funders, and current and potential partners. -Define success for each strategy and consider implementing an organizational dashboard to support board and staff in monitoring progress.
400
The Strategic Planning process generally takes how long?
What is 3-9 months?
400
Successful nonprofits focus on ____ ___ __ __.
What is 'what not to do'?
500
The most important thing about strategic alliances.
What is they commit the partners to specific arrangements within a certain set of parameters?
500
Under the "People" element of sustaining impact, you should let go of ______________.
What is Underperformers?
500
Under the category of Do's, a successful nonprofit must listen deeply to the community as you are developing strategies. This community includes _______, ___________, _______, and __________________. You must fill in 3 of the 4 blanks.
What is -clients -constituents -funders -current and potential partners (just 'partners' is also acceptable)
500
"In creating strategic plans, nonprofit leaders are determining which ___ of __________ are key to the impact they want to achieve in their communities."
What is What is set of strategies?
500
In the third step of the Cycle of Adaptation, a nonprofit must not only learn what works but also...
Not be afraid to determine what doesn't work.
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