Strategy Essentials

Almost every organization has a strategic plan, but how many are truly strategic? Join Nonprofit Austin as our facilitator, Steve Zimmerman, offers an overview to strategic planning.

This interactive three-hour training provides an overview of what we mean by the phrase “strategic planning,” and how organizations can utilize the opportunity to build ongoing strategic thinking and decision-making among board and staff.

Participants will be introduced to the organizational model which highlights the interconnectedness of everything an organization does and have a way to move through a process allowing them to build a strategic direction in a thoughtful way that allows the organization to adapt for our ever-changing world and continue to deliver high impact, financially sustainable programs.

Nonprofit Austin reserves the right to postpone this learning opportunity if there is inadequate registration.

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More about our facilitator, Steve Zimmerman:

Steven Zimmerman, CPA, MBA is the Principal of Spectrum Nonprofit Services where he provides training and consulting for community-based organizations, foundations and government agencies throughout the country. Steve has written and presented extensively in the areas of strategy and finance. He is the co-author of two books on nonprofit sustainability published by Jossey-Bass, The Sustainability Mindset: Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic Decisions and the best-selling book Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability. He also was a contributor on strategic planning for Nonprofit Management 101 published in 2019. Steve’s writing has also appeared in Harvard Business Review, The Nonprofit Quarterly, and various BoardSource publications. Steve’s broad nonprofit experience includes serving as a Chief Financial Officer, Development Director and Associate Director at community-based organizations where he performed turnarounds resulting in increased financial sustainability and programmatic reach. He is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a BA from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from Yale University.