While most people think of mission statements as 流行语 for a large company, they’re extraordinarily valuable for both nonprofits and small businesses. In fact, your mission statement is the most important sentence you’ll write. 毕竟, every bit of copy on your website, 在电子邮件, or on brochures should reflect or support that mission statement in some way. 我们知道，要把非营利组织或企业的核心内容用一两句话表达出来是很困难的, 为了帮助你们, 我们将分享一些建议，告诉你什么是有影响力的使命宣言，什么是应该避免的.
What Is a Mission Statement?
A mission statement is a brief statement, 通常只需要一两句话就可以简洁地表达你的组织是做什么的. The phrase 是 originally coined by management expert, 彼得·德鲁克(Peter 德鲁克)于1974年提出，他认为使命宣言应该“传达……[组织的]……存在的理由”，并作为“优先事项的基础”, 策略, 计划, 和工作任务,” (德鲁克, 1974).
A mission statement should answer three questions:
- What is the purpose of your nonprofit?
- Who does the nonprofit serve?
- How do you serve your audience or community?
A targeted mission statement that narrows down and defines the client, 无论是地理范围还是特定的客户群体通常都会增加捐款和捐赠, so when answering the mission statement, 特异性问题(柯克, 2010).
How Does a Vision Statement Differ from a Mission Statement?
愿景陈述和使命陈述是不可互换的，尽管很多人混淆了它们. 而不是, a vision statement is future-focused, whereas a mission statement is continually rooted in the present.
How to Create a Powerful Nonprofit Mission Statement
既然你对使命宣言有了更好的理解，为什么它很重要, 这里有一些建议，教你如何为你的企业或非营利组织写一份强有力的使命宣言.
Make Your Mission Statement Clear and Concise
When you write a mission statement, 你要确保对你的组织做什么以及为什么它很重要没有疑问. This means you want to use simple, 直接的语言, rather than overly formal words, 流行语, 和术语. If a reader can’t understand your mission statement, they won’t connect with it, and you’ll struggle to gain supporters or donors.
As you write your mission statement, write a paragraph or so about your organization, keeping a clear focus on the three key points.
对于非营利组织，关注以下方面:
- 为什么你的非营利组织存在
- 你为谁
- How you serve your population.
A small business is similar, in that your mission statement will focus on:
- The purpose of your business
- 你的客户是谁
- How you serve your customers
The first draft doesn’t need to be short as once you get it all down, you can go back and trim or edit what you wrote into a succinct, 10 to 20-word statement that is easy to read and understand.
Communicate a Feeling of Pride in Your Mission
而你需要传达你的使命的具体方面:你为谁正规的外围app, 如何为他们正规的外围app, 以及为什么它很重要, 企业和非营利组织都需要与观众建立情感正规外围买球app. 虽然企业可以坚持以自豪的声音为主，但非营利组织要复杂一些.
对非营利组织, 重要的是要传达你的作品有影响力，你可以在观众的帮助下继续这样做. In a 2018 study looking at the emotion coding of a mission statement, the researchers looked at 100 organizations, 包括非营利组织. 他们发现，那些在使命宣言中表达对事业的自豪和对未来的希望的非营利组织能够围绕这一点建立更有效的营销策略. 通过始终如一地传达他们的使命宣言，或者通过创造反映使命宣言的内容, 他们能够增加和提高与观众的参与度，并获得更高的收入(列板, et. al. 2018).
用主动语态写作
你的非营利组织是一个积极的组织，致力于实现一个目标，正规的外围app于一个社区或人群. When you talk about your nonprofit, you want to use an active voice rather than taking a passive voice as a dynamic, 主动语态更有利于信息的读者或接收者采取定向的行动.
We understand active versus passive voice can be confusing. 然而，在主动语态中，句子的主语执行动词的动作. In passive voice, the subject is acted on by the verb. 通常, a sentence in which a verb is a form of “to be” (is, 是, 是, etc) in conjunction with a prepositional phrase is going to be passive.
例如:
- 主动语态: We bring sustainable farming methods to rural communities.
- 被动语态: 我们是一个将可持续农业方法带到农村社区的组织.
This may not seem like a dramatic difference, 但研究表明，使用主动语态会显著增加听众对声明的回应和随后的行动呼吁(Atlay), 等. 2020).
是真诚的
Above all, be sincere and authentic when you write your mission statement. This one or two-sentence statement will be the foundation of your organization, 指导你的活动, 沟通, and even the people you hire. 如果它过于笼统, unrelatable, 或奢侈, you will struggle to create a cohesive strategy and deliver a clear message.
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