Effective Strategic Planning Workshop

The Strategic Planning Workshop PA 244 Strategic Planning for Public Action Presented By: Gregg Jones Galgo

Objectives: At the end of the presentation, we will be able to: Discuss what strategic planning means; Explain how to implement an effective process in order to create an effective strategic plan; and Identify best practice procedures to communicate strategic planning ideas in a workshop.

“ Failing to plan is planning to fail.”

Strategic Planning Workshop Planning is a vital skill that organizations must practice on a regular basis, because it forms the basis of most other actions an organization must take. setting goals and expectations achieving personal and organizational objectives

On Planning: Planning includes the ability to: identify opportunities, analyze problems, establish priorities and needs, allocate available resources. Planning also includes the ability to establish: policies and procedures, objectives and standards of performance, forecasts and budgets, programs and schedules.

Strategic Planning: Background The Strategic Plan drives all other plans (example: Evaluation Plan, Sustainability Plan, etc.) by articulating basic concepts of vision, mission, goals, objectives and activities. Strategic planning determines where an organization is going over the next several years, how it's going to get there and how it'll know if it got there or not.

Strategic Planning: Background Strategic planning is a systematic process through which an organization agrees on and builds commitment to priorities that are essential to its mission and responsive to the operating environment. Developing a strategic plan depends on the following: leadership, organizational culture, complexity of the organization’s environment, size, expertise of planners, etc.

Organizational Culture: An Example The University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) is a community of scholars that values: U nity S tewardship E xcellence P rofessionalism As a Learning Organization, we shall demonstrate PROFESSIONALISM in all our dealings promote UNITY among us and our stakeholders harness STEWARDSHIP in managing our resources in order to exemplify EXCELLENCE in Instruction, Research, Extension, Production, and Development

Organizational Structure: An Example

Strategic Planning: Background Other factors to consider: the specific process; planning period; and specific stakeholder participation

Strategic Planning Workshop Five Basic Questions: (1) Where are we now? (The Situation) (2) How did we get there? (Our Momentum) (3) Where are we going? (The Direction) (4) Where should we be going? (Desired Direction) (5) How will we get there? (The Strategic Plan) John N. Bailey. "Strategic Planning: Lead Your Association With a Plan for Tomorrow“. Leadership magazine, Spring 1981, pp. 26-29

Workshop: Defined 1. A room, area, or small establishment where manual or light industrial work is done. 2. An educational seminar or series of meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of information among a usually small number of participants. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/workshop

The Workshop gathering background information planning workshop should take place.

Workshop Proper First session/workshop: assess the current situation and how you arrived at that present situation. figure out where you are going and where you want to be.

Designing a Planning Workbook The Planning Workbook will bring together all of the information gathered during the Planning Workshop. Sift through the ideas put forward, and organize them into a meaningful body for review by the Planning Workshop attendees and other interested parties in the organization. After the Planning Workshop information has been gathered into a workbook, another workshop should be planned.

Workshop Proper Second session/workshop: At this workshop, several things need to be accomplished.

Workshop Outline: Strategic Planning Workshop Objectives Audience/Participants Materials Venue Total Time/Duration Opening Activity (Breaking the Ice?) Why is Strategic Planning Important? Elements of a Strategic Plan

Elements of Strategic Plan Differences and Definitions: VISION – the utopian outcome - focus on the outcome, not the action that will bring you there. For Example: A PREMIER UNIVERSITY IN THE ASEAN REGION By becoming a premier university in the ASEAN Region, the USEP shall be a center of excellence and development, responsive and adaptive to fast-changing environments. USEP shall also be known as the leading university in the country that fosters innovation and applies knowledge to create value towards social, economic, and technological developments.

MISSION: focuses on the ACTIONS that your group will take to attain your vision. For Example: USEP shall produce world-class graduates and relevant research and extension through quality education and sustainable resource management. Particularly, USEP is committed to: Provide quality education for students to grow in knowledge, promote their well-rounded development, and make them globally competitive in the world of work; Engage in high impact research, not only for knowledge’s sake, but also for its practical benefits to society; and, Promote entrepreneurship and industry collaboration.

SWOT Analysis: S – Internal strengths - the passion and dedication of people working on the project) W – Internal - the high turn-over rate of students; the breadth of our project O – External opportunities – the climate neutral mandate laid out by government T – External threats – the budget cuts to post-secondary schools ** turn weaknesses and threats into strengths and opportunities!!

GOALS: are outcome based and support your mission and vision. OBJECTIVES: are the strategies to achieve the goals – there may be many objectives for each goal. Objectives should be SMART = Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound. Every objective should have a bottom-liner and a timeline!

Making the Plan Step 1: Visioning Have each person spend some personal time and write down their goals for the project or organization: what would each person like to accomplish or see happen? What would be the outcome of all of these actions? Share with group and take note of commonalities Decide on a catchy vision that describes how your project or organization will leave the world a better place.

Step 2: Mission Together, create a captivating sentence or two that describes how your organization or project will achieve your vision. Be sure to include the audience you’re working with, and the actions you’ll take. It often helps to come up with ideas in smaller groups, and bring them back to the whole group to pick out the pieces you like best from all the ideas.

Step 3: SWOT Analysis Brainstorm with the group, focusing on the strengths of the group and how you can leverage them up Recognize that there is a fair bit of uncertainty in the opportunities and threats – and this is okay! Ensure there is flexibility in your project or organization to work with them as they arise Come up with 2-3 ways you can overcome your weaknesses, and even turn them into strengths.

Step 4: Goal-setting Come back to the individual lists of goals people want to accomplish, and begin prioritizing them based on how they support your vision and mission, and take advantage of your strengths Be careful not to confuse goals with objectives: o On the organizational level, goals may be broad, o On the project level, goals may be slightly more concise,

Step 5: Objectives Break each goal into concise steps that can be assigned a person and a deadline It’s helpful to put these onto a visual timeline, and work backwards to make sure your timeline is realistic

Step 6: Capacity Assessment Are people overwhelmed by the amount of work? Think through and make sure you have enough time, money, people and resources to do the job well. If not, think through how you can get more resources!

Step 7: Evaluation How will you know if you’ve been successful? Brainstorm a list of things that will help define your success, both at the end and throughout your project. For instance, will it be the number of people who attend an event? Will it be the number of volunteers who are showing up to meetings through the planning process? A strategic plan is always meant to be flexible; if you aren’t on track don’t despair! You may have to adjust your goals to be more realistic or look for other ways of achieving them, but the strategic plan can help you be proactive about this.

A note to leave on: More time is always better for a strategic plan – but you may need to break it down into 2 sessions to keep people’s sanity in tact. Getting as far as a SWOT analysis may be enough for one day, and then you can start fresh in looking at your goals and objectives. EVERYONE in your group should be involved, and make sure you have ample time and a comfortable space to do it in.

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