Elections Have Consequences: Electoral Analysis with Cassidy & Associates — Lame Duck, Trump’s Final Years, and Planning for 2028
Knowing and planning for the political landscape ahead is essential for positioning your advocacy strategies to be as successful as possible. In this webinar, Cassidy & Associates will provide a comprehensive analysis of the federal midterm elections.
Creating a Multi-Year Fundraising and Communications Plan
This resource provides a step-by-step process for leaders and fundraising teams to create a three-year fundraising and communications plan that aligns with their strategic priorities and long-term sustainability goals.
Testing the Strength of Your Theory of Change
This worksheet is designed to help you test whether your strategy is built on a credible and evidence-informed theory of change (TOC).
The upper limit of any strategic decision is your team’s capacity
We’re living through an intentionally stunning and erratic period of governance in North America that is having ripple effects across the world. Trying to plan through this can be challenging, and differences of opinion among leaders can make key decisions feel shaky. No matter what decisions or plans you make, your efforts will be limited by your team’s capacity.
Anchors and Sails: Strategic Planning in Turbulent Times
This webinar will orient you to a strength-based framework for assessing whether to nimbly revise your plans, root into a committed course of action, or develop a radically new path forward. You’ll be introduced to several easy-to-use tools and will leave with more confidence to help your team adapt, persist, and move resiliently with change.
Mission Effectiveness Assessment
This Mission Effectiveness Assessment is designed to help Executive, Programs, Advocacy, and Policy Director level staff quickly gain a collective impression of your mission related activities as part of an organization-wide planning effort.
Capacity Assessment Activity
One of the key limiting factors for your work is your team’s collective capacity to carry things out. This tool is designed to provide definitions and a way to quickly assess collective capacity at the programmatic and team level.
Anchors and Sails: Strategic Planning in Turbulent Times
If your team has ever confronted an unpredicted threat, radical shift in resources, or urgent opportunity, then you know first-hand the struggle of balancing your long-term goals with necessary, responsive action. However, the longer you work in a constant state of reactiveness, the more your team risks burnout and waste. The great news is that planning in these conditions is possible—we just need to update our skills and refine our tools.
Know Yourself and Choose the Narrow Door: Strategic Planning
Though you can’t predict the conditions coming at you, you can elevate your understanding and insight to make the wisest choices available to you. Whether you have just a few hours or have more leeway to coordinate with others and explore a more intensive strategic planning process, give yourself the gift of reflection so you can assess yourself and position in order to make the wisest choice you can. Having a solid understanding of your organization’s position poises you to make powerful choices, especially if you need to take dramatic actions.
Organizational Landscape Analysis Tool
An Organizational Landscape Analysis is a way to develop a bird’s eye understanding of the major players in your sector and can be particularly helpful for strategic planning, campaigns, and programs. Customize and fill out this chart to assess and compare other organizations’ focus areas and avenues for influence.