Our team is dedicated to a positive team culture and we decided to include a “Culture” focus area in our strategic plan this year. Now that we’re at the end of 2023, we’ve found an enlightening tactic that you may be interested in using for your team. It has benefited our team this year and we look forward to evolving it in 2024.

This tactic is a team retrospective meeting (we call it a “team retro”). It’s a dedicated meeting each month where victories are celebrated and potential avenues for improvement are uncovered. This article is your backstage pass on how we conduct a team retro meeting and how it contributes to engagement and positive culture.

As nonprofit strategic planning consultants at Mission Met, we serve as guides to help leaders of small and medium-sized nonprofits discover the right strategy for their unique organization. But, that begs the obvious question: what, exactly, is a “right” strategy? There are some timeless concepts that lie at the heart of most successful strategies. This article is the first in a series that will unravel these foundational components, equipping you, the nonprofit leader, to craft a strategy that will shine bright in your strategic plan.

Nonprofit strategic planning continues to evolve. As a nonprofit leader, you might be asking what trends are emerging in strategic plans. Is your plan, your strategies, and your nonprofit keeping up?

Join us as we dissect aspects of strategic plans to discover what developments or changes are happening in nonprofit strategy.

Mission creep refers to the gradual change in the focus of an organization from its original mission to other areas that may not be aligned with its core values. Sometimes this is referenced as mission drift. In this article, we'll explore what mission creep is, why it happens, and ways to manage it.

In this blog post, you'll find out about the team effort that went into creating Mission Met's statement on DEIJ. It’s our hope that sharing the step-by-step process we took, including areas for improvement, will inform and inspire you as a mission-driven leader to develop your own statement (and subsequent strategy) dedicated to these core principles.

Strategic planning can be your nonprofit's secret sauce, the magic ingredient that turns your mission into impactful outcomes. I know this because I’ve seen it happen over and over again for more than two decades. At Mission Met, we've dedicated ourselves to simplifying this process for you. Get ready to dive into five proven strategic planning hacks that can truly revolutionize your organization.

Do you feel like there is never enough time in the day to work on your nonprofit’s strategy? You are not alone! Nonprofit leaders often share this sentiment due to numerous urgent and competing demands such as taking care of personnel issues, fundraising, grant proposal writing, engaging stakeholders, communicating with the board, and on and on. Although there isn't a quick fix to find more time, fortunately, with the use of some tools, making time for strategy and other priorities doesn’t need to feel like such a daunting task. Let’s explore ways to make strategic planning more manageable each week by using the Eisenhower Time Management Matrix and the Focus Funnel.