Strategic Planning Workbook : Revised and Updated

Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations, Revised and Updated

Author: Mr. Bryan W. Barry Illustrator: Mr. Giora Carmi
Binding Information: Softcover
Product Code: 069075
ISBN: 978-0-940069-07-7
Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance
Pages: 128
Size: 7" X 10" X .31"
Price: $34.95

Time or budget constraints? Here's how to overcome obstacles to create a winning strategic plan!
How do you reach your goals and make an impact when you're faced with funding cuts and increased competition? You'll find the answer in this practical guide. Step-by-step instructions help you develop sound, realistic plans for the future. You'll learn how to:

Solve a web of problems that are hard to address one-by-one
Build teamwork, improve communication, and boost managerial skills
Influence rather than be influenced—especially in this time of new federal cutbacks
Survive—even thrive—with fewer resources
Stimulate forward thinking and refocus your mission

Written by national strategic planning expert Bryan Barry, this updated edition builds on the original and adds new
sections so that you get:

Step-by-step guidance through the five planning steps
Four methods for developing a plan
Critical ingredients of a sound plan
Information on how to create a shared vision of your nonprofit's future to guide staff in making everyday choices
Strategies to address problems and opportunities that the nonprofit sector now faces
A new, more detailed sample of one nonprofit?s actual three-year plan including goals, strategies, staffing, financial, and implementation plans
New suggestions on how to format your plan
Additional tips for implementing and updating your plan
A sample 3-year plan
Examples of how multiple organizations, coalitions, and communities can use strategic planning
CD-ROM with easy-to-complete, interactive worksheets to help you develop your own plan, sell it to your colleagues, and measure results
Completed worksheet samples

With the Strategic Planning Workbook you'll get a clear sense of direction that will guide your choices about which opportunities to pursue and which to avoid!

Quotes:
What others are saying about the Strategic Planning Workbook...

“Simply an outstanding resource. Recommended without hesitation to any nonprofit organization wishing to pursue strategic planning.”
—John Bryson, Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

“An outstanding strategic planning guide and resource—one of the best published! Practical and straightforward, with excellent worksheets and guidance that enable any nonprofit leader to prepare a useful strategic plan.”
—David Renz, Director, Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, University of Missouri, Kansas City

“This new edition truly builds added value on top of a very strong original work. It retains and refines the strong fundamental structure of the earlier work and adds new sections which provide clear examples and good coverage of implementation issues.”
—Patty Oertl, Executive Director, Center for Nonprofit Management, Southern California

“The new and improved workbook keeps the best of the original—it remains simple to use without being simplistic... Chock full of tough-minded questions aimed at building a context for decision making... Relevant and responsive to the accelerated pace of change in the nonprofit sector. In short, this is an excellent resource.”
—Barbara D. Kibbe, Program Officer, Organizational Effectiveness, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

“A great capacity-building tool—very useful and practical in a variety of settings.”
—Paul Fate, Senior Program Director, Saint Paul Local Initiatives Support Corporation

“A friend to nonprofit organizations, Bryan Barry's Strategic Planning Workbook Revised and Updated will guide your steps into the future. You will be glad for such a friend on the journey.”
—David L. Tiede, President, Luther Theological Seminary, Saint Paul, MN

Table Of Contents:
Section I: Introduction to Strategic Planning
What Is Strategic Planning?
Why Develop a Strategic Plan and the Limitations of Formal Planning
How to Develop a Strategic Plan
Section I Summary

Section II: Developing Your Strategic Plan
A step-by-step approach including worksheets and planning tips.
Introduction
Step 1: Get Organized
Step 2: Take Stock (Situation Analysis)
Step 3: Set Direction
Step 4: Refine and Adopt the Plan
Step 5: Implement the Plan
Section II: Summary

Section III: Appendices and References
Appendix A: Planning with Multiple Organizations and Communities
Appendix B: N.E.A.R.'s Strategic Plan
Endnotes
Bibliography
Worksheet Instructions

CD-ROM Contents
Worksheet 1: Benefits and Concerns
Worksheet 2: Organize the Planning Effort
Worksheet 3: History and Present Situation
Worksheet 4: Questions about Mission
Worksheet 5: Strengths and Weaknesses
Worksheet 6: Opportunities and Threats
Worksheet 6a: Customers and Other Stakeholders
Worksheet 6b: Competitors and Allies
Worksheet 7: Critical Issues for the Future
Five Steps to Develop a Strategic Plan (summary diagram)

Worksheets are provided in two format options: Word (rich text format) and interactive PDF. The interactive PDF files allow you to view the sample worksheet information as you fill in your blank worksheets.