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Are your school admissions numbers lacking? Your admissions numbers are directly tied to the strength of your school’s brand. When you can send strong signals to families about your brand and community experience before they’ve ever set foot on campus, you’re one step ahead in communicating your unique value.

Your organization has never had a better time to harness this collective interest in bold social change.

Your stakeholders are primed to roll up their sleeves to help you foster lasting impact, but how can a strategic plan work to your advantage? Here are three extraordinary outcomes we’re watching schools and nonprofits accomplish through strategic planning.

Why do we communicate with and cultivate donors by sending signals that are inauthentic to the ideals of equity woven into our brand, values, and mission?

Being a trusted performer can be lonely — whether you’re at the top of the org chart or not. You neither seek nor expect much praise. Learn why celebrating your own achievements benefits not just you, but your entire organization.

Don’t get caught off guard by the leadership work required to launch a bold brand, transformative strategic plan, or compelling communications campaign. We’ve noted these hallmarks of leaders who succeed in revolutionary change within their organizations.

It’s time to redirect your board’s energy. First, by re-energizing board members with the big-picture possibilities of your mission. Then, by refocusing your board’s activities on that mission rather than putting out fires in the day-to-day.