Collective Executive Counsel
As a start-up or small non-profit organization, you have the program and the mission. But, do you have the regular counsel of a board to most effectively address the administration and operations of your organization?
Maximize your non-profit’s potential, prevent burnout, provide fresh thinking, and fulfill your mission to its greatest capacity by developing the techniques necessary to operate with a substantially higher level of systematic thinking and leadership through the direction and professional input of Cathedral’s nonprofit experts.
Each month in a two-hour session, Cathedral assists participants of Collective Executive Counsel to reflect on current and upcoming operations through an analysis of the organization’s financial status and donor and constituent relations. In addition to examining current marketing strategies and prospective funding sources, Cathedral offers advice on the key operational and administrative functions pertinent to the annual business cycle of a nonprofit organization. Discussing and relating the issue to items provided by participants, examples of monthly topics are:
- Mission: Cathedral focuses on the mission of the organization and assesses whether the organization most effectively committed to its fulfillment. In addition to auditing programs and analyzing their effectiveness, Cathedral assists participants in evaluating the suitability of the organization in today’s world.
- Strategic Plan: Cathedral stresses a three to five year look forward, providing vision against which the organization is operated. Advice includes writing and producing an annual report on the administration, program, and finances.
- Legal and Taxation: This topic includes an overview of the necessary legal steps to establish a non-profit including taxation issues.
- Human Resources: Cathedral examines the importance of performance evaluations and how to assess the effectiveness of the staff and present clear job responsibilities.
- Board of Directors: Examining the board of directors and the functions they serve individually and collectively is key to any non-profit organization.
- Financials: Key to any of its operations, Cathedral assists participants in the monthly process of understanding income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow to the level associated to all financial occurrences of the non-profit.
- Communications: Many areas of communications are discussed including the public image and public relations, newsletter, website, internal communications, marketing of programs, and partnerships and relationships involved in the organization.
- Preparations for the Giving Season: Implementing a well-thought strategy for pursuing all donor sources, Cathedral evaluates strategy to begin soliciting donations through various fundraising activities.
- Leadership: Every non-profit requires strong leadership and direction to ensure mission fulfillment. Cathedral works with participants to effectively evaluate leadership and set goals for the upcoming New Year.
- Operations: Assessing the various operational components of a non-profit, a thorough examination of operations is provided.
- Budget Process: This will reflects upon the year and determines the effectiveness of the current budget process in usefulness and efficiency.
- Year End Giving: Addressed at the end of the year, this topic guides non-profits maximize the end of the year by establishing a strong funding base for the start of the next calendar year.
Contact Cathedral Consulting Group, LLC to join a Collective Executive Counsel session today.
