Strategic Planning

WE HELP YOU AVOID MISTAKES

Strategic planning is a skill. Common mistakes include planning:

In a crisis
Done at the last minute
Without first assessing the previous plan
Without information, including consulting stakeholders and donors to understand their needs, views and expectations
Which results in poorly structured or unfinished plans
When you are too sure of yourself
Without considering how the plan is going to be used
Done by one person or without input from the people who have to implement the plan (staff, volunteers)
Without considering your plan's audience
Done because it "needs to be done", or because someone has asked for it
Written by people who don't understand your organization
That makes results impossible to prove
That makes results impossible to attain

And last but not least, the biggest mistake is thinking you don't need to plan.