by John Fulwider | Jun 6, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Developing a useful strategy that holds everyone accountable to producing results requires an effective process that follows four guidelines: Trust the organization. An effective process doesn’t employ outside consultants to write the strategy—that’s a...
by John Fulwider | May 6, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Categorize all the people you think you’ll invite to participate in your nonprofit’s strategic planning project into one of three categories: Tactics, Strategy, or Priorities. The purpose here is to segment people according to the type of information...
by John Fulwider | Apr 6, 2015 | Strategic Planning
Use this model to list and categorize all the people who could and should be involved in your nonprofit’s strategic planning. Try to be all-inclusive in this first analysis; you don’t have to invite everyone to participate, but you should think as...
by John Fulwider | Mar 6, 2015 | Board Chair, Strategic Planning
Get Aligned with Your Board Chair on Strategic Planning Involve your board chair from the earliest stages of planning your next strategic planning retreat. This helps ensure her/his and the board’s highest levels of engagement and strategic thinking, and helps...
by John Fulwider | Dec 6, 2014 | Strategic Planning
Take this quick assessment to find out whether strategic planning in your nonprofit is as stress free and effective as it should be. Rate how much you agree with the following statements (1 = not at all; 2 = not very much; 3 = neutral; 4 = somewhat; 5 = Absolutely!)...
by John Fulwider | Nov 6, 2014 | Strategic Planning
Your planning efforts are wasted if you don’t constantly think strategically. At every leadership team and board meeting, attendees should think and talk about how each agenda item advances the organization’s strategic plan. John M. Bryson, who wrote a...
