The core of most nonprofit work is the program of some sort. Conservation, education, and emergency assistance seem to be the most popular program goals. When a program exists there may be room for improvement. Heck, there is almost certainly room for some improvement. If you have an idea for a nonprofit you will want to develop your core program, or refine your program idea. You already know how to brainstorm ideas, or research them. The next twenty or so posts will help you do a better job of finding program ideas. I'll help by describing a bunch of brainstorming tools you can use. The tools I cover here will be the same ones you may have read about in my long and rambling posts on better fundraising. If you are tuning in late, that's fine. The techniques I want to show you are simple to learn and will come with actual program design examples. I'll get into a few techniques that did not come up in the fundraising section. When I was skimming through Michael Michalk...
This a blog about lateral thinking, SWOT analysis, problem solving, and brainstorming for advocacy, nonprofit strategy, fundraising, and program design.