The arrival of my new book, The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution, came just in time for a series of scheduled workshops in the Midwest.

In fact, the book arrived at the Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan about the same time I did.

Battle Creek is not easy to get to, especially the way I did it. I started in San Francisco, sat on the runway for 2 hours, then missed my connection from Chicago to Kalamazoo. Luckily United rebooked me on the last American flight out and I arrived in Kalamazoo late at night, then I got a ride for the last half hour of the trip into town.

The reception in Battle Creek was warm and enthusiastic, with a capacity group of local nonprofit leaders and consultants. I had a panel discussion in which three local leaders described their own experiences with strategy and planning, and overall it was a success.

On to Detroit, then Minneapolis.

I am eagerly awaiting the appearance of my newest book, The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-Time Strategic Planning in a Rapid-Response World.

It is due out in time for this year’s Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ conference, which will be held in San Francisco beginning March 10. Vance Yoshida and I are giving a workshop for funders on this new approach to strategic planning.

After four years of research and testing, and a year of writing, RTSP is ready for prime time. We need funders to get behind us though, since they often require traditional strategic plans form their grantees. If a few forward-looking funders can support the new approach, we may be able to begin to break the lock the old approach has on strategy, and the nonprofit sector will be freed from its deadening effects.

For information of the new book – contact the publisher, Fieldstone Alliance (formerly the Wilder Publishing Center), using this link.