Strategic Planning in Nonprofits (SPIN) covers six planning elements: preparing, listening, envisioning, planning, executing, and evaluating. It anchors each unit in why it matters and provides helpful tools to help learners act on what they learn so that you can better achieve your mission.
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Strategic Planning in Nonprofit Guide
Start by downloading the Strategic Planning in Nonprofits Guide. As you work through the guide, watch the video for each chapter. Find activities, templates, and other documents to help put what you learned into practice in the document vault. Keep on learning with other resources on nonprofit governance, finance, and more.
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Introduction
Start by reviewing the stages of Strategic Planning. You will get an overview of the content covered in the subsequent chapters.
Prepare
Listen
Envision
Plan
Execute
We have all heard stories about plans that sit on the shelf and are never referred to again. You have just done a lot of work to set the strategic direction of your organization and get everyone on the same page. Be sure to continue to utilize the plan framework and hold yourselves accountable to reach your goals.
Evaluate
Evaluation will help you learn whether your activities are producing the desired results or change you are seeking to accomplish, gain new insights into how you can improve your programs and increase your impact; demonstrate to funders and donors that your work is making a difference; and give you data that can serve as a foundation for your next strategic plan.
Document Vault
Check out these documents and templates to deepen your learning and help put what you learned into practice.
Agenda for Initial SP Meeting
Alignment and Accountability Handout
Chapter: Envision – Guide
Chapter: Evaluate – Guide
Chapter: Execute – Guide
Chapter: Introduction (SPiN) – Guide
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