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What to consider before purchasing planning software By planning software I’m specifically talking about digital services that helps with planning -strategic, project, daily, all of… Read More »What Planning Software is Best For Me?
Step Three: Make The Plan Readable And Usable A fulsome strategic planning event takes time and effort. A lot goes into gathering all of the… Read More »Make The Plan Readable And Usable
Step Two: Reverse Engineering The Strategy. Our last newsletter discusses how to dig up previous work for the purpose of gathering information so you can… Read More »How To Break Down a Strategic Plan
Step One: Review the past year For many organizations a lot of effort is put into their annual strategic plan. The process begins by reflecting… Read More »Bring Your Strategic Plan to Life
Not always, but hopefully frequently enough, we learn something interesting, insightful, helpful, or all of the above. But then what? What do you do when you finish a book, good enough for notes in the margin?
Read More »How To Organize Notes
This week, April 24-30 we celebrate World Immunization Week. In the past, this week has been used to get the message out about the importance… Read More »World Immunization Week
For March Services in Action’s Book Club learned about Gutsy Women. There are some stories that show an ordinary act having an extraordinary outcome. These are the most inspirational stories. Sure, in some occasions people had privilege, wealth, or position that ensured a seat at the table or access to someone who could catapult an idea, but in many cases, it was just one person’s decision to act, and ability to organize, and persistence. Here are a few examples:
Juliette Gordon Low heard about the Boy Scouts in the UK and started Girls Scouts in the US. This afterschool program turned into a generational life-long movement, with an alumni of 59 million US women.
Read More »A Guide to Being Gutsy
Over the past year as life has changed, many of us have responded by taking up new hobbies and routines. I for one, have discovered the incredible world of podcasts and audiobooks. Although I have always had a keen interest in listening to stories, this new hobby has really gained momentum. I listen all the time, mostly while doing other chores such as cooking.
I listen to a lot of podcasts for nonprofit professionals and how to do good better. While not all podcasts are created equal, here is my list of top choices:
Read More »Top 5 Podcasts for Nonprofit Professionals
This Thursday, February 25th is Digital Learning day. While the digital world has presented many new ways to facilitate learning, there are many aspects of the digital world that can inhibit learning. One aspect we frequently come up against is wading through endless streams of information that isn’t quite what we’re looking for.
Read More »Curated Resources
Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at the management of files. We’ve looked at how to organize them and what to label them. Now let’s turn to storing them.
A record is a file, photo, video, -anything that captures information. Sometimes they matter and sometimes they don’t. Knowing what to keep is an important part of a well-organized filing system, which is essential for not duplicating work, improving organizational memory, organizational knowledge, and being able to tell the complete story of a project, event, program, or system.
Read More »Storing, Retaining, and Deleting Files