Strategic Planning for Non-Profit Organizations

Vision is a destination- a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route- an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.

—Simon Sinek

A strategic plan is a roadmap and set of goals for your organization’s future. It transforms your vision into reality.

Your strategic plan can be the single most powerful tool that your organization has to ensure you meet (and exceed) your vision and goals. A good strategic plan charts the future so that resources are used effectively and decision making becomes easy. It cuts out the noise and keeps you on the path towards your true purpose.

Unfortunately, strategic plans and the planning process often go awry.

Organizations often develop plans that are unfocused, overwhelming, or a bad fit for the maturity of the nonprofit. They fill big 3-ring binders with a lot of ideas in too many directions. There is little focus so the capacity of the organization is completely over extended. The plans are doomed to fail before you even begin.

Here’s how strategic planning with Anchor Advisors is different:

  1. We don’t move immediately to discussing strategy. An effective planning process is about getting people to see the same things from the same perspective.
  2. We carefully design a space for everyone to participate without judgment.
  3. We strive to uncover thoughts and beliefs you didn’t even know were impacting your organization.
  4. Our strategic planning process yields at least three things above and beyond a written a plan: vision, strategy, and alignment.
  5. You do not get a fat binder of 30-40 initiatives destined to accumulate dust. You get a power-packed 3-5 page guide your organization will actually use every day.

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