{"id":33378,"date":"2025-08-21T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=33378"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:35:20","slug":"restricting-to-expand-how-sharpening-your-vision-fuels-stratospheric-growth","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/industry-insights\/resources\/restricting-to-expand-how-sharpening-your-vision-fuels-stratospheric-growth","title":{"rendered":"Restricting to Expand: How Sharpening Your Vision Fuels Stratospheric Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero hero--textual hero--textual-powder-blue\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-9 col-lg\">\n                <ul class=\"breadcrumbs list-unstyled\">\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"\/industry-insights\">Industry Insights<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/industry-insights\/resources\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n        <li>Restricting to Expand: How Sharpening Your Vision Fuels Stratospheric Growth<\/li>\n            <\/ul>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7\">\n                <div class=\"hero--textual__content\">\n                                    <h1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><span class=\"green-blue-gradient\">Restricting to Expand:<\/span> How Sharpening Your Vision Fuels Stratospheric Growth<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-5\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"gated-resource\" id=\"gated-resource-block_40615eb82a7388d904bc8c2f1b403cf7\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row align-items-start justify-content-lg-between\">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_9bf12a4ce6431f4fcac2dd9fd3038a78\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-12\">\n                    <p class=\"body-large\">While most organizations&#8217; strategic plan includes growth of some kind, changes to the landscape this year might make the idea of growth seem impossible. 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