From Good to Great: Planning for Excellence
Date: Thursday, September 3
Time: 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Greenlights
Fee: $65 Greenlights Members ($100 Non-members)
Presenter: Matt Kouri, Executive Director, Greenlights for NonProfit Success
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Are you ready to take your organization from being good to being truly great? Strengthen your leadership skills by learning the essential elements of strategic planning, based largely on Jim Collins' book "Good to Great in the Social Sectors." A copy of Collin's book is included in your registration cost. Learn how to create and execute on a clear mission, vision, and core values to guide your nonprofit organization and how to use organizational assessment, priority setting, goals, and objectives as powerful tools.
As Executive Director for Greenlights, Matt Kouri leads the organization’s efforts to strengthen Central Texas through extraordinary nonprofit performance, consults directly with a number of nonprofits, and develops leading-edge research and best practices in nonprofit management. Matt joined Greenlights in 2007 after spending more than 11 years working to improve the public and nonprofit sectors in Austin and across the country. Matt most recently worked as a Senior Manager with Deloitte Consulting’s Austin office. Prior to Deloitte, Matt worked on educational policy issues for the Chicago Public School System. Matt’s expertise spans a number of areas, including board governance, organizational assessment and improvement, strategic planning and execution, financial and operational management, human capital talent development, leadership development and coaching, technology adoption, and K-12 educational achievement. Matt holds an MBA and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree in economics from Oklahoma State University.