Boards Help Sheets Part 8 - Strategic Planning - Mapping your Groups Future

An organisation that doesn't know where it is going can never expect to reach its mission. One of the most important roles of a not-for-profit organisation's Board is to map a route.

• What is strategic planning and why should my organisation be thinking about it?
• What are the elements of a good strategic plan?

These help sheets will help you answer these questions and keep you Board on track towards its mission.

We will be adding new help sheets regularly so keep coming back to check out the latest tools and resources to help strengthen your Board and yourself as a Board member.

HELP SHEETS:

• Strategic planning overview
  
  
• Undertaking a SWOT analysis
  
  
• Identifying your stakeholders
  
  
• Building a corporate memory
  
  
• Putting in place a risk management program
  
  
• Business planning for not-for-profit organisations
  
  
• Preparing a technology plan for your organisation
  
  
• Conducting a once-a-year grease and oil change
  
  
• Financial management and your community group
  
  
• Preparing a budget

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More Help Sheets:

Part 1 -	Board Basics: Before you join a Board
Part 2 -	Board Building: Recruitment, Induction, Training & Succession
Part 3 -	Better Boards: Assessing & improving your Board
Part 4 -	Board Structures: Getting the nuts & bolts right
Part 5 -	Troubleshooting: Fixing common Board problems
Part 6 -	Better Members: Boosting your own effectiveness
Part 7 -	Board Responsibilities: Fulfilling your governance role
Part 9 -	Board Business: Towards more effective meetings
Part 10 -	Board-Staff-Volunteers: Managing the relationships

 

 

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