March: Strategic Planning
Saranah Holmes
- Strategic planning is the process of answering the questions: Where are we? What do we have to work with? Where do we want to be? How do we get there?
- From knowing your limits to making a commitment, ten steps to successful strategic planning (or, come to think of it, a successful marriage) from TCC Group...
- Business plan vs. strategic plan: It's all about the who/what/when/where/why vs. the how....
- SWOT is a fun British slang word. It's also an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. A good SWOT analysis is key to strategic planning. Think about swatting away potential disaster....
- Jiminy Cricket said "always let your conscience be your guide," but conscience doesn't come with a great template. Strategic planning, however, does, courtesy of Rebecca Macfarlane, a.k.a. The Wizard of Good...
- Key verbs for strategic planning: assess, engage, develop, implement. Go on, you know you wanna...
- Let's talk logic models, theory of change, and the wisdom of Yogi Berra with Britt Hogue of the Collective Good.
- Vanessa Tribastone of Censeo Consulting talked strategic planning at the inaugural Grow Your Good conference.
"If you don't know where you're going, you might wind up somewhere else." - Yogi Berra