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The World is in Flux. What's Next for Nonprofits?

January 13, 2025 Scott Schaffer

2025 is shaping up to be full of surprises. How will the best nonprofits navigate and thrive? We’ve refreshed our consulting offerings to help nonprofit clients address emerging needs.

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Tags strategic planning, strategic restructuring, nonprofit merger, nonprofit finance, nonprofit management, organizational development
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The Other Thing that Eats Strategy for Breakfast

September 30, 2024 Scott Schaffer

It's hiding in plain sight. One of the biggest constraints nonprofit leaders face is a lack of generative thinking time. That's where the energy of successful organizations comes from. We need to make room for that time. Then, how can we best use it?

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Tags nonprofit management, nonprofit leadership, strategic planning, organizational culture, organizational development
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Nonprofit Management Truths and Myths Revisited

December 2, 2022 Scott Schaffer

Conventional wisdom abouts in the nonprofit sector. But what “wisdom’ is true and what’s myth? We take a tour through the research for a little truth-finding and myth-busting.

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Tags nonprofit management, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit governance, HR management
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Five Ways to Improve Employee Retention Without Spending a Dollar

September 6, 2022 Scott Schaffer

Everyone’s freeting over employee retention these days, and nonprofits don’t have a lot of money to throw around. Here are five proven ways to improve retention without hurting your budget.

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Tags nonprofit management, HR management, financial management, financial sustainability
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Inflation is here. Are you ready?

May 13, 2022 Scott Schaffer

Inflation presents an unfamiliar challenge to nonprofit leaders and managers. Here are five tangible steps you can take to mitigate its impact of your organization and those you serve.

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Tags nonprofit management, inflation, operations management, human resource management, financial sustainability
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Fall Training Workshops: Looking at the Big Picture

September 8, 2021 Scott Schaffer

PIM is offering two workshops looking at big picture strategy this fall, in partnership with the Sustainability Network and the Land Trust Alliance.

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Tags finanial strategy, nonprofit management, land trust management, strategic planning
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The Pandemic's Contrasting Effects

September 8, 2021 Scott Schaffer

Our survey results show a “tale of two cities” in the nonprofit world now, with contrasting effects of the pandemic. What nonprofit leaders should do next depends on which city they’re in.

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Tags nonprofit management, financial sustainability, strategic planning, business planning, sustainable business models
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Survey of Nonprofit Leaders Paints a Picture of Resilience

May 15, 2021 Scott Schaffer

PIM Group conducted a survey of nonprofit leaders about the impacts of COVID on their organizations and themselves. The results might surprise you.

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Tags nonprofit management, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit finance, financial sustainability, covid-19 response
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Silver Linings Playbook: Taking the Good from 2020

January 3, 2021 Scott Schaffer

2020 wasn’t all bad. Here are a few good things we can take with us, whether we’re ready to say “thanks” or not.

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Tags nonprofit management, strategic planning, organizational development
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Staff Diversity: A Case Study

July 30, 2020 Scott Schaffer

This is a case study showing how one successful nonprofit organization diversified its staff. Promoting diversity proved to be smart business, independent of any social or political motives. Tangible HR management practices are replicable in other organizations.

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Tags diversity, equity, inclusion, HR management, nonprofit management
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Upcoming Webinar Training for Nonprofit Leaders

June 16, 2020 Scott Schaffer

Responding to the COVID-driven financial crisis, we’re offering a new webinar, Financial Strategy in Reponse to Crisis, for nonprofit leaders. Offerings are summarized here.

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Tags nonprofit management, nonprofit finance, financial strategy, nonprofit professional development
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Au Canada: We're Open for Business

October 22, 2019 Scott Schaffer

Public Interest Management Canada is open for business! The Canadian sister of Seattle-based PIM Group will provide high-caliber management consulting services to Canadian nonprofits, with a focus on financial health and sustainability.

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Tags Canadian non-profit sector, business planning, financial sustainability, nonprofit management, management consulting
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Five Board Dysfunctions that Create Chaos

October 20, 2019 Scott Schaffer

Nonprofit boards can be engaged in the wrong ways, and this can harm the organization. Looking at recent research findings, this article explores 5 dysfunctions of boards commonly found in less successful organizations.

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Tags nonprofit governance, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit management, organizational culture
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Figures Don't Lie*

October 18, 2019 Scott Schaffer

Team Trump claims it’s fine to direct government business to his resort. It’s not, and their financial argument is not only wrong, it’s deliberately misleading. This corrupt intent has nothing to do with nonprofits, but our sector has a strangely similar problem of often not getting to the true story.

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Tags Trump, corruption, financial data, nonprofit management
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Ready for the Recession?

August 27, 2019 Scott Schaffer

Nonprofits will be deeply affected by a recession. This article discusses what impacts are likely, and how nonprofit leaders can plan proactively, to help emerge stronger than before.

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Upcoming Training in Oregon and BC

August 26, 2019 Scott Schaffer

Public Interest Management Group conducts a wide range of management training workshops for nonprofit executives. We have two upcoming sessions in Oregon and British Columbia.

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Nonprofit Leaders Weigh-In on Paths to Improved Management

May 1, 2019 Scott Schaffer

Public Interest Management Group and the Nonprofit Association of Oregon partnered on a research study on best management practices. We set up a series of six focus groups in diverse geographies across Oregon. Several important themes emerged from these discussions.

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Tags nonprofit management, nonprofit leadership, capacity building, nonprofit governance
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Tactics Won’t Substitute for Strategy

April 27, 2019 Scott Schaffer

Organizational strategy is crucial to success, but only when it has the right balance of vision and details, and words can get in the way. Strategy is often confused with tactics, and that’s when things can go badly.

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Embracing a World in Flux

January 6, 2019 Scott Schaffer

The world is changing rapidly, and Public Interest Management Group’s clients are on the leading edge of change and solutions. 2018 had many highlights.

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Tags nonprofit management, social justice, strategic planning, merger, environment
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About Those Details: Devilish or Deified?

October 25, 2018 Scott Schaffer

Some say the devil is in the details, but that expression used to say the exact opposite. People often shy away from detailed work, yet successful organizational management can require embracing them. So what’s up with that old cliche?

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