When Climbing Higher Isn’t the Answer

Jami appeared on the Pivotista podcast to talk about walking away from burnout and redefining success on her terms.

Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or watch on YouTube.

Project Management for Nonprofits

Jami appeared on the Mission: Impact podcast to talk about project management for nonprofit organizations, including as a practice for facilitating collaboration.

Listen at https://www.gracesocialsector.com/missionimpact/project-management-for-nonprofits-with-jami-yazdani

Reflecting on 2024

As the year comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the work we've accomplished this year in partnership with other consultants and our amazing clients. It's been a privilege to work with organizations making a difference in their communities. Here's a glimpse into a few of the impactful projects we've been a part of this year:

• Change Management Project: We’ve partnered with a change consultant to support a leading community nonprofit in navigating organizational change. Our work includes equipping their team with the skills and processes to lead change projects effectively through training, coaching, and the development of a sustainable project management framework.

• Fundraising Feasibility Study: We partnered with a fundraising consulting firm to conduct a fundraising feasibility study for an arts nonprofit. Our role included project planning and monitoring and supporting stakeholder communication.

• Monday.com Customization: We helped a small nonprofit streamline their processes and enhance collaboration by customizing their Monday.com platform to meet their specific needs.

• Association Implementation Planning: In partnership with a strategic planning firm, we facilitated the creation of an implementation plan for an association's new strategic plan. Our ongoing support includes quarterly check-ins to monitor progress, address challenges, and ensure successful execution.

• Organizational Development Project: We continued our support of a multi-year career and pay transparency project. Our contributions included project planning, monitoring and communications, and support for the development of career resources and training materials.

• Project Coaching: We empowered individual project coaching clients to lead their own projects more successfully. For one coaching client, we provided personalized advice on setting up efficient project processes and implementing Asana.

Jami also designed and led more than 50 training sessions in 2024 for audiences ranging from nonprofit leaders and librarians to HR professionals.

Consulting Considersations

Jami appeared on the Librarian Linkover Podcast to talk about what librarians should consider if they are thinking about opening their own consulting business.

Listen at https://thelibrarianlinkover.com/2023/10/16/jami-yazdani-owner-of-yazdani-consulting-and-facilitation-consultants-for-libraries-directory/

Three Tips for Juggling Multiple Training Projects at Once

Jami appeared on the Learning for Good podcast to talk about project management for learning and development.

Listen on Apple Podcasts.

How Project Managers Can Lead And Influence

Jami appeared on The Influential Nonprofit podcast to discuss how project managers can lead and influence.

Listen at https://www.courageouscommunication.com/podcast/2023/7/18/the-influential-nonprofit-episode-105-jami-yazdani-how-project-managers-can-lead-and-influence

Results of Research Survey on the Strategic Alignment of Projects

​Over the summer, we conducted a research survey about project management and the strategic alignment of projects in mission-driven organizations​.

The results of the survey are now available! Key findings include:

• The majority of respondents (55%) identified their projects as being "closely aligned" with their organization's strategic goals or objectives.

• While there was no correlation between a respondent's role and their agreement on alignment, higher-level leaders were more likely to view their organization's projects as being closely aligned.

• Most respondents indicated that alignment was considered early in the project timeline, with 61% responding that alignment occurs during the project proposal/approval/justification process and 55% during strategic or organizational planning.

While the small sample size in this initial phase of our research limits us in drawing conclusions​ ​from the survey data​, it does suggest several avenues for future research phases.​​ ​As such, we plan to conduct targeted interviews with leaders in mission-driven​ ​organizations in 2023.​

Agile for Libraries

Jami appeared on the Common Stacks Podcast to discuss how libraries can implement an agile framework in their own projects and management.

Listen at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-018-jami-yazdani-on-agile-for-libraries/id1601542700?i=1000579802034

Strategy Aligned Project Management Webinar

Missed the live webinar? Register to watch a recording.

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You’re invited to our Strategy Aligned Project Management Webinar!

In this free webinar, Jami Yazdani and IYCON CEO Jude Chagas Pereira will offer practical techniques for aligning projects and organizational strategy.

When & Where: Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 1 PM ET via Zoom

Registration: Reserve your seat

From project planning and assessment to project tracking and management, you’ll be introduced to strategies and tools for closing the gap between projects and organizational strategy and for supporting more agile and impactful planning.

Virtual Fundraising Discussion

Jami Yazdani joined Sabrina Walker Hernandez of Supporting World Hope for her Sipping Tea with Sabrina series on July 22, 2020. In their Facebook Live discussion, Sabrina and Jami talked about the key strategies for staying connected to donors and virtually fundraising during the COVID-19 crisis.

The recording is available at https://www.facebook.com/supportingworldhope/videos/350830649243881/

Sipping Tea With Sabrina - How to Stay Virtually Connected with Donors

Need support moving an event online? Want to discuss options for virtual events that will work for your organization’s budget, staffing and unique environment?

Nonprofit Success Toolkit

If you are looking for simple, powerful resources for this complex time, check out the Nonprofit Success Toolkit: https://www.nonprofit.ist/toolkit

This FREE resource pack from Nonprofit.ist will help you tackle your biggest challenges with the best thinking from 15 nonprofit experts. We are excited that our Transparent Strategic Planning Guide is included in this super-powered set of worksheets, templates, and tip sheets.

Many of the great tools and tips in the Nonprofit Success Toolkit can be used by other types of organizations.

The Toolkit includes: 

Strategy and Planning
Action Planning Template
Getting Started Using Simple Research
Transparent Strategic Planning Guide
Weekly Plan Template
The Strategy Journey

Fundraising and Finance
Case Statement Checklist
The Ultimate Nonprofit Budget Template
What is the World IS a Culture of Philanthropy?
Your One Page Fundraising Plan!

Operations
Creating Better Meetings
Onboarding and Offboarding Checklist
A Quick Risk Assessment Tool

Board Development
Board Nomination Form

Communications
Build a Better Mission Statement
My Six-Word Reason