How to Be More Strategic with Your Strategic Plan

Is your strategic plan an organizational guide or a document that sits on the shelf?  Do you have a strategic plan or a long To Do list?  Learn about what makes an intentional and effective plan.  Learn and practice three remedies for the most common problems: jumbled ideas; disconnected tactics; over-reliance on the group brainstorm; and the laundry list plan that never gets implemented.

You are expected to come prepared with an example of a strategic plan or report to work on during the training.  By the end, you will be able to:
- Create more effective planning processes
- Identify your core strategic approach for one or more areas in your organization
- Develop a visual that communicates a core strategic approach

Learning Objectives
- Identify why strategic plans aren’t more strategic
- Understand how to overcome the barriers to strategic thinking in the planning process
- Comprehend how simple visuals communicate strategy more powerfully than narrative

Level
Introductory

Audience
This training is designed specifically with groups and organizations in mind. Bring a learning partner to more effectively bring back the learning into your organization.  Register for two or more and receive a group discount.

Presenter
Cheryl Gooding, owner of Gooding & Associates LLC, has worked in the nonprofit, philanthropic and academic (and labor movement) sectors for 30+ years in many different roles, from front-line staff to leadership.  She is a full-time consultant based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Much of her work is about supporting strategic thinking in organizations.