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Want Your Agency to Make a Bigger Impact?

Want Your Agency to Make a Bigger Impact?

by Tom Okarma | Feb 25, 2019 | Strategic Planning, Uncategorized

Create a Tighter, More Focused Strategic Plan  Have you ever asked yourself, with all the hours and hard work your team puts in each week at your agency, why you don’t have more to show for it? More progress, more impact, more revenue, more client successes? Or...
Could a New Strategic Plan Make This Year Better?

Could a New Strategic Plan Make This Year Better?

by Tom Okarma | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Strategic Planning

Does your agency really need a Strategic Plan this year? You might be on the fence about dedicating the time and energy needed to formulate a strategic plan for your nonprofit. Like most organizations, you have limited time and resources. So it’s important to...
5 Hidden Reasons Your Strategic Plan is Failing

5 Hidden Reasons Your Strategic Plan is Failing

by Tom Okarma | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning

Planning is great, but execution wins the game. College and professional football teams will go into every one of their games this Fall with a solid game plan. Run first, to set up the pass; pass first, to set up the run; keep the football away from the other...
15 Ways to Turn Strategy into Action on Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan

15 Ways to Turn Strategy into Action on Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan

by Tom Okarma | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning

Planning is Great but Execution Wins the Game! The best nonprofits — those that make the biggest impact — create and follow their strategic plan.   Many agencies have recently spent significant dollars developing a new nonprofit strategic plan, or refreshing...
“Tom-isms”, or What I learned the Hard Way…

“Tom-isms”, or What I learned the Hard Way…

by Tom Okarma | May 12, 2014 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership

…but you don’t have to. We all learn a lot of lessons along the way. I seem to learn best by doing rather than taking someone’s advice. The result is I learn by getting my nose bloodied  from time to time. So in the spirit of wanting to share so...
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