1.
Strategic Planning

2.
Agenda
• Icebreaker
• Welcome and Introductions
• Agenda Review
• What is Strategic Planning
• Types of Strategic Planning
• Planning to Plan
• Strategic Planning Process
• Strategic Planning Tools and Techniques
• Parking Lot
• Discussion/Evaluation

3.
Learning Objectives
– Identify the various steps in the strategic planning
process
– Initiate and manage a strategic planning process
– Determine appropriate tools for strategic planning
– Understand strategies for evaluation
– Initiate community support and involvement in the
process
– Develop communication strategies to promote the
strategic planning process
– Identify partners to be involved in strategic planning
process
– Participate in the strategic planning process (if
applicable)

4.
What is Strategic Planning
• Used by community groups, government
departments, organizations and businesses to
develop blueprint for action and change
• the process should be community based,
inclusive and participatory to allow for maximum
stakeholder involvement and input.

5.
Benefits of Strategic Planning
• Defines mission, vision &
values
• Establishes realistic
goals, objectives &
strategies
• Ensures effective use of
resources
• Provides base to
measure progress
• Develops consensus on
future direction
• Builds strong teams
• Solves major problems

6.
Strategic Planning
Exercise 1
• Introduce participants to strategic planning
• Relate some experiences with strategic planning
and any best practices

7.
Strategic Planning
Exercise 2
• Explore and discuss various examples of
planning

8.
Types of Planning
• Types of planning
– Strategic planning
– Business planning
– Project planning
– Program planning
– Municipal planning
• Planning as a profession
– Professional “planners”
– Planning functions in other professions

9.
Strategic Planning
Exercise 3
• To discuss how personality affects how groups
work together to develop a strategic plan or any
type of plan

10.
Strategic Planning Models
• Type of organization usually dictates type of
strategic planning
– Non-profit
• Likely focus on board development,
management, fundraising, policies
– For- Profit
• Likely focus on profit and strategic
directions

11.
Types of Strategic Planning
• Basic Strategic Planning
• Issue-Based or Goals-Based Strategic Planning
• Alignment Model
• Scenario Planning
• Organic (or Self-Organizing) Planning

12.
Planning to Plan
Exercise 4
• Discuss the planning phase of strategic planning
by brainstorming some pre-requisites needed to
undertake the strategic planning process

13.
Planning to Plan
• Planning to plan requires:
–Organizational readiness
• Recognition of need to plan
• Commitment to plan
–Organizational commitment
• Board and volunteer commitment
• Staff commitment

14.
Planning to Plan
– Organizational Capacity
• Human resources
– Staff
– Volunteers
– Board committees
– Special/Standing committees
• Financial resources
– Identify budget
– Determine resources
• Time
– Allocate organizational time
– Determine realistic time lines

15.
Reasons for Strategic Planning
– Change
– Renewal
– Funding requirement
– Financial forecasting
– Mandate
– Build consensus
– Improve staff and board relations
– Develop ownership
– Build community support
– Other (discussion)

16.
Planning to Plan
Exercise 5
• Why do you want to engage in strategic
planning?

17.
Strategic Planning Process
• Planning to Plan
– Strategic Planning Team
» Board, staff, community volunteers
– Strategic Planning Budget
» Establish budget, identify funding sources
– Strategic Planning Facilitator(s)
» Identify a facilitator to lead the process
– Strategic Planning Partners
» Internal board and staff
» External community groups/government
departments/others

18.
Developing the Plan
– Mission
• Core purpose of your organization
• Presented in a clear, short statement that
focuses on attention in one clear direction
by stating purpose of the group’s
uniqueness.

19.
Developing the Plan
• Vision
– What is your organization’s vision of
excellence
– Has to be realistic and not something
impractical

20.
Developing the Plan
• Values
– What are the principles, standards, and
actions considered worthwhile in the
organization
– Includes how people treat each other, how
groups conduct business and what is most
important to the organization

21.
Developing the Plan
• Strategic Analysis
– Environmental Scan
• gathering of information that concerns
the organization’s environments
• analysis and interpretation of this
information
• application of this analyzed information in
decision making

22.
Developing the Plan
• Strategic Analysis
– SWOT Analysis
• Strengths
– What are some internal positive things about
your organization?
– What does the community see as your
strengths?
• Weaknesses
– What are some weaknesses in organization?
– What does the community see as your
weaknesses?

23.
Developing the Plan
• Strategic Analysis
– SWOT Analysis
• Opportunities
–What are some opportunities in your
community or region?
–What are some emerging trends?
• Threats
–What are some provincial or national
issues facing the organization?
–What are some technology issues that

24.
Strategic Planning Process
• Developing the Plan (continued)
– Goals
• Identify long-term outcomes to provide
focus for the planning process
– Strategies
• Outline how you will achieve your goals
– Objectives
• Identify specific, measurable results
produced while implementing strategies.

25.
Strategic Planning Process
• Goals and Objectives Should Be SMARTER
–Specific
–Measurable
–Acceptable
–Realistic
–Timeframe
–Extending
–Rewarding

26.
Strategic Planning Process
• Developing the Plan (continued)
– Implementation
• Tasks – assigned to various board and
staff responsible for specific items
• Timelines - established for implementation
of the plan for implementation
– Funding the plan
• What is required to fund the goals in the
plan

27.
Strategic Planning Process
• Developing the Plan (continued)
– Communicating the plan
• How will you communicate the plan to
stakeholders?
– Monitoring and evaluation
• Critical to plan’s success and credibility
• Must be built into the plan
• Critical for continuous improvement
– Continuous improvement
• focuses on improving customer satisfaction
through continuous and incremental improvements
to processes

28.
Strategic Planning Process
Exercise 6
• Prepare a SWOT analysis as part of the
strategic planning process

29.
Strategic Planning Process
Exercise 7
– Discuss some tools and techniques to be
used for strategic planning

30.
Strategic Planning
Tools & Techniques
• Appreciative Inquiry
– Effective for changing organizational culture
– Based on 4-D model
• Discover, Dream, Design and Destiny
• Open Space Technology
– new method for working effectively with large
groups (10 - 1000 participants)

31.
Strategic Planning
Tools & Techniques
• Public Consultation
– Involve public and stakeholders in your
planning process
– Achieve public consultation through
• Interviews
• Facilitated meetings
• Open houses
• Website discussion papers/surveys

32.
Strategic Planning
Tools & Techniques
• Public Meeting
– Provides opportunity for input for all
stakeholders through
• Open house to review plans, maps, charts
• Facilitated meeting with presentation on
what you plan to do
• Facilitated meeting on interim and final
report

33.
Strategic Planning
Tools & Techniques
–Focus Groups
• Provides opportunity to address
specific issues
• Provides opportunity for maximum
participation
• Provides maximum information in
short period of time

34.
Strategic Planning
Tools & Techniques
• Website feedback
– Online survey
– Online discussion paper to generate comments
• Surveys
– Online survey
– Community survey
• Can be developed and administered locally
• Can be conducted by firm specializing in surveys
• Research
– Focus groups, surveys (primary)
– Literature review (secondary)

35.
Strategic Planning
• Parking Lot
• Summary
• Evaluation