Strategic Planning: Building Your Roadmap for the Future

Date/Time	Thursday, July 22, 2010 12n - 1pm ET
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Cost	FREE
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	Strategic planning is a necessity these days. A strategic plan is the road map that defines where your organization is going -- its mission -- and how it will get there using measurable goals, strategies, objectives, and a 12-month work plan. Stakeholders want to see your map before signing on for the journey. Funders want to review strategic plan to see how funds will be used; board members want to see the plan before they agree to serve; and staff want to know the focus and deliverables that the organization expects of them. Good strategic planning is a process that gives all those vested in the organization an opportunity to provide input and comment. It includes: reviewing trends and opportunities, gathering information on best practices, identifying your organization's strengths and weaknesses. Writing a strategic plan usually involves a board retreat as well as staff input. It certainly requires the leadership of someone familiar with the process and with the organization. The planning process for every organization is unique; it must be fit your organizational culture and board expectations. Use the information in this nonprofit online seminar to lead your organization through the strategic plan process.
	Who Should Attend? Nonprofit executives, Key management staff, Program directors and program staff, Board members.
Instructor	Kathy Keeley, Principle, The Keeley Group Kathy Keeley, Principle, The Keeley Group, has been a social entrepreneur and executive for more than 20 years. She has been a nonprofit consultant for the last 10 years, providing strategic planning, consulting, facilitation, and coaching services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses. Keeley focuses on social enterprise and business planning. She has worked for small and large boards, and consulted with more than 100 boards in the last 10 years. She regularly provides board development training and consulting to her nonprofit clients. Keeley has started five nonprofit organizations in her career. The Women’s Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO) is the best known: It was the first loan fund for women-owned businesses in the US. Keeley is the former Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Minneapolis, worked for the Corporation for Enterprise Development in DC, and has worked for Weidner, Inc. providing strategic planning and performance-based plans to large urban departments throughout the US.