Tag: Strategic Planning
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Raising money through strategic planning
Strategic planning can require significant resources — both time and money. Fortunately, going through the process can also be a means of raising additional resources. In my mind, there are…
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On Evaluating Advocacy
A great article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review: The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy. Very much worth a read for those who want to understand the real-world of advocacy.
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From strategic plan to work plan
I’m often struck when talking to people how often individual work plans are wholly disconnected from strategic plans. Or even more by how some organizations never develop work plans. A…
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Planning half heartedly
I was recently talking to an organizational Executive Director who’s thinking about a strategic planning process. He wants the planning process to get his board more engaged. But he doesn’t…
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When strategy is left out of strategic planning
I’ve recently had a chance to read some strategic plans that seem to be missing a critical piece: strategy. They have mission statements, vision, goals, and tactics. But what’s missing…
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What goes in the lay of the land?
I’ve spent some time today thinking about the “lay of the land” and what goes into it in an effective strategic planning process. The “lay of the land” is a…