What are You Changing?

Recently, we were facilitating a board and staff retreat and one of the board members said, “Right now we are helping people, but I am not sure we are changing things.”

Issue Focus Model, Community ImpactGary GoscenskiMarch 6, 2024Issue Focus Model, ChangeComment

Time for Change

Last week we conducted a strategic planning board retreat for a United Way in Illinois. Over the course of the board retreat, one thing became very clear – it was time for change.

Strategic PlanningGarySeptember 24, 2020Change, strategic planComment

A New Year, A New Decade, A New Future for Your United Way

Happy New Year! It is clearly a new year, and while there is some debate if 2020 is the start of a new decade, I’ll wish you a Happy New Decade just to be safe. What is not in dispute is . . .

Strategic Planning, WebinarsGaryJanuary 9, 2020Change, board retreat, WebinarComment

Are the Times Changing?

One of the most common refrains I hear from United Ways is that the times are changing. Society is changing, technology is changing, the economy is changing, and even competition for charitable giving is changing.