John Magisano Consulting, Associations & Organizations, Brooklyn, NY 11218

Services

Organizational Assessment: For organizations to determine “what can be,” they need to know “what is.” This means assessing their current programs, staffing structures, resources, operations and decision-making processes, as well as their external and internal environments. Organizational assessments include many data collection methods (surveys, interviews, document examination, systems analysis), to determine where the organization is, and potential routes to your destination.

Board Development: Nonprofit boards must steward the mission, set policy, monitor financial health, hire and evaluate executive leadership, and serve as ambassadors to the community. Is your board carrying out these responsibilities? Even the best nonprofit boards can benefit from an assessment of their operations, communication, norms and decision-making processes.

Executive Coaching: As a leader, do you need a sounding board and feedback on your program, human resource and organizational strategies? Coaching from an objective observer can help you test ideas, work better with your team and find ways to implement your vision for your position, program and organization.

Strategic Planning: Does your organization take a long-range view, or does it react to every ripple in the environment? A strategic plan helps you incorporate a broad view of the environment, your community's needs, and your capacity to meet those needs with the resources available. It will help you to be proactive and flexible, focused on your mission while adapting to changes in context.

Retreat Facilitation: Improve your team's functioning through better communication, shared goals and alignment with mission. Off- and onsite retreats are customized for your organizational, board and work team needs.

Program & Systems Planning and Evaluation: Funders require outcomes for their investment. Does your organization demand the same of itself? Most organizations collect all the data they need to adequately evaluate their programs but often do not use it to their full advantage. Most often, the focus of evaluation is on reporting required outcomes to the funder, not improving performance and achieving mission. Using all the available data can help your organization become more effective AND demonstrate that effectiveness to your funders.

Policy and Procedure Development: Nonprofits are constantly growing, changing and adapting. Policies and procedures provide consistency and guide day-to-day operations. Periodically, they must be re-examined and revised to meet new challenges and maintain compliance with applicable laws and regulations. When was the last time your policy and procedure manual was updated?

Staff Development and Training: Custom trainings can be developed to meet your staff's needs. Curricula includes: staff supervision and evaluation; grant writing; fundraising planning; strategic alliances and collaboration; case management; cultural competence and diversity.