Posts tagged Nonprofit Capacity Building
Beat Decision Fatigue With a Simple Scoring Matrix
Beat Decision Fatigue With a Simple Scoring Matrix

You know those days where you just want someone to tell you where we're going to dinner? 

Sometimes, I get really tired of making decisions – partly because as busy leaders, we make decisions at work all day, every day.

We ask questions such as:

  • Should we complete this grant application? 

  • Which events should we go to? 

  • Is that conference worth it?

And sometimes, your teammates don’t agree on the answer. 

That’s why at Forthright, we use – you guessed it – a data-backed approach to make these decisions.

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Communications Campaigns, Nonprofit Communications, School District Marketing, About ForthrightNiki JuhaszNonprofit Leadership, Decision Fatigue, Grant Evaluation Rubric, Philanthropy Strategy, Decision-Making Frameworks, Nonprofit Capacity Building, Grant Application Strategy, Strategic Planning Tools, Executive Productivity, Data-Backed Decisions, Event ROI Evaluation, Operational Efficiency
Child Advocacy Collaboration: How to Stop Stalling Progress
Child Advocacy Collaboration: How to Stop Stalling Progress

When we launched our research process – the one that led to our new Frenemies + Jargon: Breaking the Habits That Stall Child and Family Advocacy report – I had suspicions about what we’d find.

We heard that as a field, we’re often fake friends. 

Let’s break down what we heard and what we can do about it.

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Communications Campaigns, Writing and Messaging, Nonprofit Communications, School District MarketingNiki JuhaszChild Advocacy Collaboration, Nonprofit Coalition Building, Collective Impact Strategy, Nonprofit Capacity Building, Nonprofit Competition vs Collaboration, Strategic Compromise in Advocacy, Advocacy Campaign Strategy, Effective Advocacy Messaging, Philanthropy Funding Trends, Frenemies + Jargon Report, Nonprofit Leadership and Culture, Family Advocacy Policy Wins