Helping Nonprofits Create Twice the Impact in Half the Time at a Sustainable Pace
If you’re working to bring Agile thinking into your nonprofit, one of the most practical tools you can use is a nonprofit lean canvas — a one-page framework that helps your team align around a product or service, understand the need it addresses, and define the unique value your organization brings. Think of it as a lightweight strategic planning tool built for iteration, not for…
Check out the original blog posted by GPA April 15. How can post-it notes, sharpie markers, and a whiteboard help transform the prioritization process for your grant applications as an organization? It sounds like a bad joke leftover from April Fool’s Day, and the simple answer is that of course, the tools can’t transform your process. However, using those simple and inexpensive…
A vision statement paints a picture that draws people in. So how do I create a vision statement for my nonprofit? Get your key leaders or stakeholder together and answer some questions… There are only 4 questions you need to answer: Who will benefit from and use what you create? What customer needs will this address? What attributes are critical to satisfy these needs…
Do you want to write twice as many grants in half the time? It sounds like a gimmick, I agree. Yet, there is real truth in the title of the book, “Scrum: Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time.” As an Agile framework, Scrum is a wonderful approach for grant writing teams to utilize as a means to increase the efficiency…