Mission and vision statements

Content for Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Readings

Written response question

Do you think that in practice, a mission statement can ever be truly effective in constraining the expansion of activities of a nonprofit organization? Why or why not? (Answer in ≈150 words.)

Possible mission, vision, and values guidelines

Here’s a rubric I use for evaluating the mission/vision/values statements of nonprofits. You might find it helpful when developing your own organization’s mission and vision.

Slides

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  1. Gary M. Grobman, An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the Twenty-First Century, 6th ed. (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: White Hat Communications, 2021). ↩︎

  2. James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras, “Building Your Company’s Vision,” Harvard Business Review 74, no. 5 (1996): 65–77. ↩︎

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