Strategic Planning for Non Profit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook

WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS BOOK: Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook, Second Edition, offers a conceptual framework and detailed process suggestions for strategic planning in nonprofit organizations. This book is he" product of the authors' experiences as planning and organization development consultants. The concepts, process design, and language presented here have been shaped by our work over the years with hundreds of nonprofit organizations on strategic planning. Many of the worksheets and approaches to formulating strategy were developed while working with individual clients in response to particular situations. In addition, he book builds on the work of many authors before us and incorporates the wisdom and experience of Compass Point's strategic planning practice group members. We hope that this book provides you with a practical approach that is comprehensive without being either overly complex or unduly simplistic. The user-friendly tools and techniques should help you put the framework into action. Those who ave experience with strategic planning will find the booked a useful refresher and "one-stop source book" of fundamental concepts and techniques; those without such experience will find it a valuable introduction to what strategic planning is - and is not - and how to make the best user of the process. When done well, strategic planning is both a creative and a participatory process that engenders new insights and helps an organization focus irs efforts in pursuit of its mission. It is an important tool that can help nonprofit organizations achieve their goals. A tool's effectiveness, though, ultimately depends on how well it is wielded: a hammer is a good tool for nailing together bookshelves, but just swinging a hammer doesn't mean the bookshelves will get built, not does failure to build bookshelves reflect poorly on the hammer. With this workbook, the authors hope to help others understand enough about the potential and the requirements of