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Greetings!
Welcome to the second issue of the John R. Frank
Consulting Group eNewsletter! We hope you find it useful
in your ministry.
We really appreciated hearing from so many of you after
last month's issue. Your comments and encouragement were
wonderful.
Many of you sent the newsletter to your friends and
colleagues. Thank you.
If you would like to suggest a topic that would be helpful
to other ministries, please write in to let us know.
Thanks, John R. Frank, President
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The Dashboard Approach to Management Reports |
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Dr. R. Scott Rodin
One common frustration of ministry leaders I have
worked with over the past 20 years is the inability to
get the kind of accurate, succinct and timely
information needed to make wise decisions. Leaders
need to know the health of their ministry on an
ongoing basis. They also need to be able to make
decisions for both the short and long term based on
reliable information. Getting both can be difficult.
Not-for-profit board members also need reliable
information presented in a usable and clear format in
order to carry out their fiduciary responsibilities.
With this critical need, why do leaders lament so
frequently that they cannot get the data they need,
when they need it and in a form that is helpful? Most
often it is because leaders and board members are not
sure exactly what they need, they just know that
whatever it is, they are not getting it.
One way to address this problem is to think about the
dashboard in your car. Automobile designers consider
the essential information that a driver needs to know
while driving, and they build gauges accordingly. They
also decide what a driver does not need to know, and
so they omit other possible indicators. The end result
is a dashboard of gauges that give the driver an
immediate indication of the health of the car (oil
pressure, water temperature, electrical system status
and various engine warning lights), the vital
information on its current performance (gear
indicator, speedometer, tachometer, direction of
travel, status of lights, etc.), and the critical
indicators the driver needs to make future decisions
(gas gauge, odometer/trip meter). With one scan of the
dashboard, the driver has the vial information he or
she needs to drive responsibly, be assured the car is
in good running condition, and to plan for dealing
with future needs before they become critical.
Wouldn't it be helpful if you had a similar type of
dashboard of indicators and gauges for your ministry?
Well, design such a set of reports according to your
needs. Here are some suggestions.
Read
More . . .
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Client News |
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AWARE, Vancouver, WA
AWARE is an educational program promoting abstinence
until marriage, education on STD's, and promoting
healthy relationships in the public and private
schools. They have been in existence for 3 years on a
federal Faith-Based Initiative Grant.
Thus launches the Keep AWARE Afloat Campaign.
AWARE has been planning for this possibility and is
now in the implementation phase of a 3-6 month
campaign to meet with major donors, contact direct
mail donors, and find brand new donors who believe in
this important program.
AWARE brought the John R. Frank Consulting Group in
during the middle of their grant to develop their
board, and lay a foundation for a development program.
If you think creating an urgent development strategy
is difficult for an existing organization, you can
imagine how difficult it is for a brand new
organization, and IN THE SUMMER.
Please consider praying for AWARE.
To
visit Aware - Click Here
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