Strategic Planning 101–Part Two: Organizations can gain quite a lot through the process of completing a strategic plan. A strategic plan creates the opportunity to more deliberately and comprehensively chart an organization’s future and utilize its resources to accomplish goals. In its excellent article, “Why Should I Do a Strategic Plan?, the Center for Nonprofit Management outlines other benefits and gives a barometer for gauging when an organization is ready for strategic planning. These benefits include the opportunity to:

• build a unified vision for the organization’s future, inspire and reconnect staff, board, and
• other stakeholders to the mission
• assess where the organization is in its development and in the larger context
• understand where the organization wants to be and clarify a path to future success
• make informed, sometimes difficult decisions
• create readiness for new possibilities
• envision what a strong organization looks like and celebrate success

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