Strategic Planning

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Strategic Planning

• VRA Annual Conference 2006
• Trudy Levy

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Agenda

• Who what when
• Your who, what, when
• Tools

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Who, What and When
Life is easier with a plan
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MISSION Statement

• Review every five years

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Planning - SPAM Goals

• Specific
• Positive
• Attainable
• Measurable

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Worksheets

• Your
• WHO WHAT WHEN

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Break
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Tools
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Institutional Scan

• Identify power bases and their priorities
• Identify potential partners and their strengths
• Articulate shared goals

• Carole Fabian
• VRA Bulletin
• 29-3

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Needs Assessment

• Tools
• Surveys
• Interviews / Demonstrations
• Focus groups
• Goal
• inventory of existing and needed resources for
  successful implementation of each project
  function.

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Articulated Plan

• Tool
• Planning matrix
• Goal
• A Plan coalesces a concise rationale, built on
  needs assessment from multiple viewpoints of
  collaborative partners

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Resources

• Assets
• Budget
• Staffing
• Skills
• Technical infrastructure

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Lynn Lickteig Strategic Planning VRA 05
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The Plan is Everything!
Elaine Paul Strategic Planning VRA 06