Transcript Strategic Planning in NOT an event, it`s a process!

Keeping Your Strategic Plan Alive!
Northwest Pennsylvania’s
10th Annual Nonprofit Day
Elaine M. Woloshyn
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Akron, Ohio
“ The benefits of strategic planning
are almost always lost…
because of what happens after
strategic planning.”
- Robert Bacal
Strategic Planning in NOT an event,
it's a process!
• Good plans are more evolutionary
than revolutionary
• “Rolling” planning ongoing and
never-ending
•Strategic thinking and planning
perspective baked in
Strategic Planning answers
questions
• Why do we exist?
• Where are we going?
• How are we going to get there?
•How will we know when we get there?
Strategic Planning focuses
on whole organization
• used by everyone in organization to
make decisions
• focus
• alignment
•communication
Two stages of strategic planning
• Strategic stage
• thinking
• exploration
• Implementation
• practical
• tactical
Strategic Planning
Vision
NOW
3 – 5 Years
Future
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Is our plan any good?
• Does it still make sense?
• Before October 2008?
• Was it Board based?
• Does it include a budget?
• Was it creative?
• Does it have buy-in?
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Can we renew it?
• SWOT
• Strategic re-thinking
• Adjust timeline, accountability
• Success?
• Money?
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Can we renew it?
•Assessment
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
Who is our customer and what
does our customer value?
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• Generating creative ideas
- services
- funding
- ways of working
- people
• Identifying and discussing the big
issues
• Evaluating options
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• 5- 6 specific strategic initiatives
• goals and objectives
• key actions
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Success Measures
Timeline
Accountability
Budget
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• Success Measures
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How will we know when we get there?
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Specific
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Measurable
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Meaningful
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A dynamic strategic plan includes
• Alignment with values and mission
• Board support
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Board input
• Board feedback
• Board communication
People support what they help create!
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Strong Broad and Executive Support
• Elevator speech
• Communication
• How does this action advance our
strategy?
• What progress have we made?
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Everyone on organization knows
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Mission
Values
Vision
Strategic focus
What their role is in
achieving that focus
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Implementation Infrastructure
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Inclusion in workplans
Inclusion in budgeting process
Inclusion in evaluation process
Include in communication
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• Monitoring Process
• Tracking progress
• Assigned person
• Meetings on topic
• Quarterly
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What is working?
What is not?
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How do we fix it?
• Reports
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Benchmarking
• Quarterly and annually
• Scorecard
• Trends and graphs
• Recognition and Rewards
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Celebrate success
• Incentives for achievement
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• Process to change
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Tactics
• Even strategy!
• Don’t sue Mapquest!
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Think!
• Change!
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