Strategic Planning
“Dr. Scott, our organization will be better after having worked with you.”
— A Stamey Street Client
What you can expect from partnering with Stamey Street on your strategic plan
Use strategic planning to reconnect to your mission and vision.
Has your work shifted since your last strategic plan?
Some nonprofits approach strategic planning to focus on a specific outcome. Others take a broader-reaching approach. Both are appropriate given a group’s needs and resources at the time planning starts. Without the engagement, buy-in, and commitment of those responsible for implementing it, strategic planning can be a drain and a distraction for any organization. This is why Stamey Street’s foundational strategy for organizational planning revolves around the input and engagement of members, staff, and partners to ensure the final stratgic plan reflects their shared knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm.
Stamey Street’s approach to strategic planning is:
Rooted in practical strategies to support implementation.
Grounded in an understand that good intentions and great ideas are not enough.
Based on an in-house methodology for testing the viability of proposed initiatives and gauging the likelihood of success and sustainability.
A strategic plan includes
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Pre-planning process with a pre-selected group to guide the process
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Regular meetings for updates and project management related tasks
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Mixed methods that can include a survey, interviews, and focus groups
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Reviews of the policy, funder, and social landscape
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Written plan with a profesionally designed summary
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Systems review to support implementation
How to start a strategic planning engagement
We start each engagement with an in-depth discovery process that produces an “Equity Why” for the project before we start our work together. I’ll want to connect with a small pres-selected group as part of the process.