Non Profit Planning |
Non Profit Planning FoundationsGetting Started With PlanningBoard & Staff RolesFinal Plans
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What should your final non profit organization strategic plan look like? There is no definite answer. As different as each organization, so are the strategic plans. A strategic plan for a non profit organization has to meet many needs: funding groups, boards, staff, and clientele. It is not important that the strategic plan for your non profit organization fit into a certain model. It is important that your plan works. Beyond the essential three elements of mission, vision, and values you decide what will work best. Some non profit organization's strategic plans include major goals, often 4-5. These are further refined into strategies. The strategies are to be completed within the next 12 months. Often they include resources needed, who is responsible, and completion date. Whatever the final product looks like, it should be built every 12 months. These annual plans allow the non profit organization to reflect on their accomplishments, review the mission, vision, and values then to set out their direction for the next year. It also allows for each new board to set their own direction. A key component in any plan is to have a head cheerleader for the plan. This person is responsible for seeing the whole organization reports on their accomplishments. They are not the person to handle all the details. They are the person who calls upon other people to report on their responsibilities.
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