Helping Nonprofits Create Twice the Impact in Half the Time at a Sustainable Pace
In mid-February, my running goals crashed. A severe ankle sprain left me with a strict doctor’s order: zero weight-bearing activity for two weeks. With the Lake Placid Half Marathon looming on June 12th, panic set in. Traditional training plans are rigid—they assume a linear progression of building mileage. But when you are starting from a deficit, rigidity is a recipe for re-injury. To make…
When leaders in the social impact sector first discover Agile, they often look at the ecosystem of modern management models and ask, “How does what we’re already doing fit into this?” This moment is often confusing. Many organizations are already practicing some form of holistic strategy planning or stakeholder engagement and wonder whether switching to Agile means throwing those practices out. The short answer?…
The reality of nonprofit work is that you will always have more to do for your mission. However, you cannot serve your community if you are constantly in reactive or emergency mode… and then you burn out. We don’t want you to reach that point. To create a lasting impact, your team needs to work at a nonprofit sustainable pace. We can help you determine…
Does your nonprofit team ever feel like you are spinning your wheels? You have a long list of tasks, but you are not sure whether they are actually moving the needle for your mission. In the world of Agile, the solution to this situation is a well-managed nonprofit product backlog. What Is a Product Backlog? A Product Backlog is an emergent, ordered list of…
Does your nonprofit team struggle to keep up with community needs? Many organizations find that traditional project management cannot move quickly enough. By adopting the Scrum framework, your team can create twice the impact in half the time. The first step toward a more efficient organization is understanding who does what. For that, we suggest a Scrum Team, which is a self-organized group that…