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Client Sector: Independent Schools
Unstick Your Trustees From Micromanagement Mode
The crisis of COVID-19 has faded, but many schools’ boards of directors are stuck in a cycle of micromanagement. The pandemic’s challenges necessitated a temporary shift of the board’s role from oversight to hands-on management — a response crucial given the circumstances. But now, some of those same board members’ time and energy remains misdirected
Dynamic Duo: The Benefits of Linking Your Strategic Plan and Brand Strategy
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How to Attract Mission-Fit Families With Memorable Messaging
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Hazards Ahead: How to Help Your School Succeed in 2024
At Mission Minded, we partner with independent schools of all kinds and sizes across the country to boldly elevate their reach and impact. And we’re seeing some trends. With our focus on strategic plans that set bold intentions for a school community + messaging, brand, admissions, and capital campaigns that inspire families, we see themes
Focus More, Don’t Work More: 9 Leadership Lessons From My First Year as Head of School
Every leader needs a good coach, and I am privileged to coach Dr. Anna Moore, Head of The Howard School in Atlanta, Georgia. We have worked together since the start of her first year, in which she was both new to her school and new to being the head of a school. It was a
Are You Brave Enough?
Few leaders are fearless, but all must be brave. Being anxious is human. Our society sells us the idea that good leaders are fearless. In reality, most of us—nonprofit, foundation, and school professionals—are humble humans, with fearlessness waxing and waning based on the day. Fearlessness is unrealistic, but being brave is possible when leaders like
Your Brand is the Key: Unlock Fundraising Success
If you’re falling short of your fundraising goals, it may be time to strengthen your organization’s brand. Many nonprofits and schools overlook their brand as a foundational piece in their fundraising. This oversight usually stems from the misconception that the brand is solely the purview of the marketing team. In reality, a strong brand elevates
Engage Your Next Donor Generation: A Meaningful Connection Strategy
No matter what your organization’s mission is—community health, post-secondary access, art expansion, food distribution, whole child education, etc.—there is a shared challenge you and other organizations must solve: How to inspire and attract a new generation of donors to your cause. For many of our nonprofit partners, their aging donor base is disappearing—and younger donors
The IMPERATIVE Case for “Future-Proof” Parent Education
There is a shift afoot in the education paradigm. It’s not news that the world we are preparing our students for is not the world from which we came. After a global pandemic, the greatest social unrest our country has experienced in decades, and the birth of ChatGPT, our schools must prepare our students for