Eric Ryan
Three Critical Strategies for You During ...

We wanted to share three pieces of strategic and financial guidance that may be especially valuable at this time:

  1. Lean on Your Strategic Plan for Direction

  2. Connect with Your Funders

  3. Nonprofits: Explore Two Financial Resources

Leadership, Management, Strategic Planning, The Executive Director
Eric Ryan
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Strategic Planning, The Executive Director
Eric Ryan
The One-page Revolution

The Power of Co-Leadership: A Conversation with Laura Andersen of LeadingX2

Recently, Mission Met’s co-founders, Eric Ryan and Ricky Chilcott, had a conversation with Laura Andersen of LeadingX2. Her and her business partner, Dan Mulhern, started LeadingX2 to promote and support the idea of shared leadership. The company provides coaching for co-leaders to cultivate success in leadership pairs.

Impactful Mission and Vision Statements

I’m thrilled to tell you that later this year I’ll publish my upcoming book, Mission Met: Proven Strategic Planning Guidance to Help You Build a Financially-Secure and Impactful Nonprofit. The book will provide you with a suite of practical strategic planning practices that I’ve learned in over two decades of guiding and working for nonprofit leaders.

This blog entry, about mission and vision statements, represents the first in a series of four articles where I’ll share a brief preview of some of the guidance that I provide in the book.

Your Strategic Planning Process: The CAPE Cycle

At Mission Met, we frequently say that nonprofit executive directors are the heroes of the social sector. But what would a hero be without a cape?

Enter the CAPE Cycle. The CAPE Cycle is a simple four-step strategic planning process that helps executive directors and their teams approach strategic planning as a process, not as an event. Implementing the CAPE Cycle ensures that nonprofits get the maximum impact from their strategic planning efforts.

KISS

Nearly 30 years ago, I was a high school physics instructor teaching my students how to convert a 1985 Ford Escort into an electric race car. It was an incredible, life-changing project for both me and my students.