Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation

Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation
Author: Carter McNamara
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-04-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781933719320

The guide provides step-by-step instructions and worksheets to customize and implement a comprehensive nonprofit strategic plan ¿ that is relevant, realistic and flexible for the nonprofit organization. The guide describes the most useful traditional and holistic approaches to strategic planning. It also includes the most important tools and techniques to facilitate strategic planning in an approach that ensures strong participation and ownership among all of the planners. Emphasis is as much on implementation and follow-through of the plan as on developing the plan document. Hardcopy and online worksheets help you to collect and organize all of the results of their planning process.

Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies

Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies
Author: Erica Olsen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2011-10-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118178491

Think and act strategically every time In today's business environment, strategic planning stresses the importance of making decisions that will ensure an organization's ability to successfully respond to changes in the environment and plan for sustainable viability. Providing practical, field-tested techniques and a complete 6-phase plan, Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies shows you how to make strategy a habit for all organizations, no matter the size, type, or resource constraints. Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies is for companies of all types and sizes looking to build and sustain a competitive edge, set up an ongoing process for market assessment and trend analysis, and develop a vision for future growth. This revised edition includes: new and updated content on planning for both the short and the long-term; crucial information on succession planning; help preparing for the unexpected using scenario planning and agile strategy; strategies for implementing change and integrating strategic plans successfully by involving all staff members; and more. The supplementary CD lays out a comprehensive, 6-phase, step-by-step program, complete with downloadable spreadsheets, charts, checklists, video links, and more Provides value for any business or entrepreneur looking to improve efficiency, focus, and competitive edge Includes practical, field-tested techniques Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies gives today's business owners and upper-level management the tools and information they need to think and act strategically in order to more effectively weather current economic storms while planning for future growth.

Simplified Strategic Planning

Simplified Strategic Planning
Author: Robert W. Bradford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Future success? or future shock? Only companies that plan ahead will survive the changes in business today--and tomorrow.

Dynamic Strategic Action Planning in Today's Fast-Paced Environment

Dynamic Strategic Action Planning in Today's Fast-Paced Environment
Author: Annette Brown
Publisher: AudioInk
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2012-10-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1613392990

"Effective Strategic Plans take action. They are used regularly, reviewed regularly, change regularly; they are dynamic and fluid by design and intent. Regularly corresponds both to your business cycle as well as the cycle of goal and goalette completion. Examples of businesses and their logical cycles follow: a non-profit building homes in impoverished areas might be reviewed on a project basis, while a start-up business might be reviewed on a weekly basis. Critical to the success of any Strategic Plan is the ability of all people at all levels in the organization to know what their part or role is, in order to give them the ability to contribute to the organization with their full potential. Each person in the organization must perceive their role to be crucial to the achievement of the goals. Each action must lead toward achievement of the goals. Each person finds a match between what their roles are, how they contribute, and what they are being required to do, act upon, and achieve. Assessment criteria must lead directly back to goal achievement. There are 5 major questions to ask in creating a living, Dynamic Strategic Action Plan that can be implemented at all levels in your organization. 1) What is your PURPOSE? (Major Goals or Mission) 2) What will you do to achieve that PURPOSE? (Minor Goals or Goalettes) 3) What resources do you need to achieve your PURPOSE? (Assignment of Resources) 4) How will you know when you've achieved that PURPOSE? (Assessment Criteria) 5) How much has been accomplished thus far in achieving your PURPOSE? (Status) These five questions will be asked over and over in the Dynamic Strategic Action Planning process. You will set up cycles of review for each Goal and Goalette, with Action Plans that lead to results. The key to this Dynamic Strategic Action Planning process is simple: What you focus on gets done - Focus on your Goals and Goalettes. What you give attention to gets done - Review your progress regularly. What you measure gets done - Set realistic criteria for achievement and assess your results.

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
Author: Richard Rumelt
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-06-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 184765746X

When Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy/Bad Strategy was published in 2011, it immediately struck a chord, calling out as bad strategy the mish-mash of pop culture, motivational slogans and business buzz speak so often and misleadingly masquerading as the real thing. Since then, his original and pragmatic ideas have won fans around the world and continue to help readers to recognise and avoid the elements of bad strategy and adopt good, action-oriented strategies that honestly acknowledge the challenges being faced and offer straightforward approaches to overcoming them. Strategy should not be equated with ambition, leadership, vision or planning; rather, it is coherent action backed by an argument. For Rumelt, the heart of good strategy is insight into the hidden power in any situation, and into an appropriate response - whether launching a new product, fighting a war or putting a man on the moon. Drawing on examples of the good and the bad from across all sectors and all ages, he shows how this insight can be cultivated with a wide variety of tools that lead to better thinking and better strategy, strategy that cuts through the hype and gets results.

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning
Author: George A. Steiner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451602537

In today's complex world of business, strategic planning is indispensable to effective management. Ever since the mid-1950's, when American companies began to develop formal long-range planning systems, wise managers have understood the importance of knowing where their firm was headed and how it intended to get there. To function effectively in a modern, planned operation, every manager must have a practical understanding of how the planning process works. That's exactly what this book offers: a step-by-step guide to strategic planning. George A. Steiner, a well-known expert in the field of management, provides a concise, jargon-free handbook that avoids abstract theory and takes you straight to the how-to of planning. Whether you're designing and implementing a new plan or working with a plan that's already in operation, Strategic Planning puts the information you need at your fingertips. It takes you through every stage of the process, from idea to execution to evaluation. (And explains Fifty Common Pitfalls you'll need to know about.)You can plug your own data into the lucid charts, tables, and checklists for a valuable start on getting organized and evaluating your planning needs. And there's plenty of penetrating discussion about the questions and quandaries you're likely to meet along the way. For example: * How do you identify, evaluate, and implement strategies? * How do you design a planning system to fit the unique characteristics of you and your company? * Can an intuitive manager do formal strategic planning? * What are some ways to develop clear objectives? * What human behavior factors can endanger planning and how can managers overcome them? * How, and when, should a situation audit be made? * What do you need to know about computer models? * How can business planning lessons be applied to not-for-profit organizations? * How can managers apply lessons of planning experience to the planning of their own careers? You don't have to get an advanced degree to make strategic planning a part of your management style. All you need is the expert advice in this idea-packed handbook. (As a bonus the book includes a glossary of the terms, tools, and techniques of strategic planning.)

Community Impact

Community Impact
Author: William R. Berkowitz
Publisher: Schenkman Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1982
Genre: History
ISBN:

Strategic Planning for Results

Strategic Planning for Results
Author: Sandra Nelson
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838935737

The PLA Results Series has long served to help public librarians envision, evaluate, and respond to community needs with distinctive programs and services. Building from this proven model, Strategic Planning for Results is the fully revised version of Planning for Results, the foundational book in this groundbreaking series. Sandra Nelson, senior editor of the Results Series, focuses on the essential steps to draft a results-driven, strategic planning process that libraries can complete over the course of four months, regardless of organizational structure or size. Reflecting on the current planning environment for public libraries, Nelson makes the case for strategic rather than long-term planning and includes a wealth of information about understanding and managing the change process to help staff Assess the change-readiness of the library and preparing staff to implement forthcoming changes Simplify data collection and decision-making processes through the use of 14 reproducible workforms Identify service priority options and reach agreement as a group Successfully present and communicate within their library Including the newly revised and adopted Public Library Service Responses, along with case studies, workforms, and tool kits, Strategic Planning for Results offers librarians a wealth of ideas to effectively meet changing community needs.

StratPro(TM)

StratPro(TM)
Author: Allen E Fishman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2016-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780984014965

StratPro(TM) encompasses everything you need to know for starting and implementing your organization's strategic planning, thereby achieving the desired results. StratPro(TM) is a unique, holistic approach for strategically leading an organization to greater success.

Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence

Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence
Author: James R. Evans
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-01-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781285069463

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