Strategic planning is a verb.
Strategic planning is broken.
And it’s a hidden killer of many nonprofits.
Too many nonprofit leaders see strategic planning as a massive document we’re forced to produce every few years to appease our donors. Or a series of painful offsite meetings with distant consultants to appease our boards.
Then it’s done and dusted. Long forgotten.
But strategic planning is a verb.
↳ Not a noun.
“Strategy is not something that happens at a point in time — it happens constantly,” says Delve. “It’s always in motion… and should be driving more than just a bunch of meetings among a select few that result in some PowerPoint slides that could land with a thud (or with no sound at all).”
Your strategic plan is also valuable immediately.
↳ Not just in the long term.
Even for small nonprofits in firefighting mode — trying to raise enough money to stay alive — your strategy should help you immediately in fundraising.
So here are five quick tips to remind us:
Strategy in action. Funding follows.
Plan less, do more.
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The daily bonus
In case you missed it a few weeks ago, here’s my very own strategic planning cheat sheet. It follows the same proprietary process we’ve used at Mighty Ally with 230 clients in 50 countries.
Sneak peek
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