Publications

Strategic Planning for NonProfit Organizations, A Practical Guide and Workbook 2nd Edition, Front Cover

"This book is hands-down the best reference for structuring and executing a strategic planning process. The layout is pleasing to the eye and the content is logical and well thought out with many practical checklist and worksheets.... I use it as a reference in my consulting business and this book can be applied to for-profit companies too. Highly recommended." Amazon.com comment

Doing More With More, with Susan Misra and Elissa Perry, Nonprofit Quarterly, Summer 2011

Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, 2nd Edition, A Practical Guide and Workbook, with Jude Kaye, eds. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2005  (Read the First Chapter), (Read the Table of Contents)

Into the FireNonprofit Management and Leadership vol. 12 no. 2 2002, Wiley Periodicals Discussion of Board’s role in Executive Transition

A First Map: Exploring the Market for Consulting to Nonprofit Organizations in the Bay Area, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, 2000. Research team included staff from CompassPoint and Harder+Company Community Research.

Nonprofits At Risk: The Space and Occupancy Crisis Facing San Francisco’s Nonprofit Community, 2000.  Study commissioned by several foundations and the City and County of San Francisco.

Leadership Lost: A Study on Executive Director Tenure and Experience, with Tim Wolfred and Jan Masaoka. San Francisco: Support Center for Nonprofit Management/NDC, 1999

“Seven Characteristics of Nonprofit Organizations.” with Jude Kaye. Vision/Action. Bay Area OD Network, 17. (3) 1998

Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook, with Jude Kaye, eds. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

The Collaboration Continuum, with Jan Masaoka. Washington, D.C.: National Minority AIDS Council, 1996

Managed Care and Community-Based Organizations, co-editor. San Francisco: Support Center for Nonprofit Management/NDC, 1995

Strategic Planning for AIDS Service Organizations, with Jude Kaye. Washington, D.C.: National Minority AIDS Council, 1994

Why Boards Don’t Govern.” with Jan Masaoka. In Taking Trusteeship Seriously. Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, 1994

“Management Challenges for ASO’s in the 90’s.” ASAP Newsletter. AIDS Service Providers Association, 4. (9) 1992

“AIDS Project New Haven: Marketing AIDS Education to High Risk Youth,” Published case study used in graduate marketing course. CT: Yale University, 1988

  • Testimonials

    Chuck Greene
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    As an interim executive director at 10 different Bay Area nonprofits, I know that effective and custom-designed strategic planning is a must.  I brought Mike in four times at different organizations to lead strategic planning.  And although Mike literally wrote THE book on nonprofit strategic planning, each time we used an approach tailored to the [...]

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    Good strategic plans provide resilience in the face of change!
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    There has been a lot of talk, books written and speeches given about how dramatic environmental change makes strategic planning and strategic plans obsolete and irrelevant.  I want to offer a counter perspective.  While tactics and even significant decisions need to be adapted to changing circumstances, rather than becoming irrelevant a good strategic plan should [...]

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