How to do just about anything in the nonprofit world, from naming your organization to managing change. The post How To Do Anything: Nonprofit Professional Edition appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

Nonprofit network alignment is critical to creating impact. Learn what nonprofit networks can do to make sure they are leveraging the power and benefits of their federated model. The post Creating Nonprofit Network Alignment appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

What is a nonprofit network? The post Nonprofit Networks: What They Are, How They Work and Commonly Held Challenges appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

When it comes to naming a nonprofit, there are several common mistakes that can lead organizations astray. In this post, we’ll explore some of the common mistakes nonprofits make in the naming process and provide tips for how to do it right. The post Choosing a Nonprofit Name: Seven Common Mistakes and How to Get it Right appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

Nonprofits who choose to work with a consultant should hire a person or firm with expertise in the sector, and there are also cases where they need to hire someone with expertise with their situation or subsector as well. The post Nonprofit consultants: When do you need to hire a specialist to support your nonprofit strategic planning efforts? appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

Interested in "sharing power" with your nonprofit's beneficiaries? Surveys are NOT enough. Here's how to build better relationships and feedback loops. The post Sharing Power Requires More Than Sending a Survey appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

Thanks for your interest the Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Key Messages that we published a few weeks ago. This community loves concrete examples, so as a follow up to that post, we’d like to share and break down a recent messaging framework we developed in collaboration with a client of ours, Math Circles of Chicago. […] The post Messaging in Action: A Nonprofit Messaging Example appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

It’s hard to believe that we’ve hit three years in this remote/hybrid work world. While I fully recognize that many nonprofit employees are essential workers and have to be on site, there are still many activities that once took place in person that now take place almost exclusively online. Nonprofit strategy development and strategic planning […] The post Virtual Collaboration Tools for Nonprofit Strategy Development  appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

You know by now that stakeholder engagement is core to our work at Prosper Strategies, and that prioritizing engaging beneficiaries is particularly central to our Shared Power StrategyTM philosophy. However, we recognize that engaging beneficiaries and stakeholders can be challenging for many organizations because it takes more time, effort and resources, not to mention, some […] The post The Top 5 Challenges Nonprofits Have With Engaging Beneficiaries and How to Overcome Them appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more

While there are many organizations that are leveraging the power of strength-based communication, including Girl Scouts, charity: water and The Arc, some organizations are still hesitant about making the shift. Concerns include that strength-based messaging will negatively impact fundraising, that it’s performative (which of course it can be), it’s time consuming to evolve to this […] The post Common Reasons Nonprofits Resist Strength-based Messaging appeared first on Prosper Strategies ..read more