HiP Strategic Non-Profit Consulting is growing up!  After 20 years in business, we are doing vital work to review, revise, and revitalize...

Stakeholder Engagement planning is easy. Getting people to show up and share ideas is more challenging.

Choose who to invite to stakeholder conversations, by defining the purpose (WHY) of the conversation and what it is you want to learn.

Stakeholder engagement empowers our community share their ideas about our future and enables our agency to remain responsive to local needs.

Building on the need to invest time and energy into action planning as outlined in the blog post, "Committing to Action: The Missing Step...

Boards of Directors and non-profit organizations invest thousands of dollars and countless hours engaging stakeholders and staff,...

The Board of Directors has passed the non-profit's Strategic Plan, Goals and Objectives. The Management Team understands what direction...

On paper, the job of a non-profit Board of Directors and the Executive Director is simple… in some ways. They set a strategic direction...

In today’s non-profit world, things can be chaotic. Reflecting on the most recent blog posts around strategic and action planning,...

A successful strategic plan relies on having clear, actionable goals. Goals that can be easily understood not only on the day they are...

Given the time that the Board can dedicate to strategic planning - 8 hours is typical from start to finish, including a review of the...

In today's fast-paced and ever-changing business landscape, having a clear strategy is crucial for organizations to thrive. A...

Here at HIP, we like to think we do things differently. One of the ways we stand apart from most Strategic Planning Consultants is our...

Your organization is considering embarking on a strategic planning process. As a Committee, the Board has charged you with making...

In 2019, as with every year, I spend a lot of time working alongside non-profit executive directors and boards facilitating strategic...

Planning. It’s one of those things that is really easy to ignore—to shuffle to the side of our desks where it gets dusty. There is no...

I am often hired to help non-profits compile strategic plans. I love this work. I love the energy that flows from the idea generation,...

I recently had the opportunity to co-facilitate a planning discussion for the local BABES in Business - Maple Ridge Chapter with Vicki...