Building Capacity for a Brighter Future

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Building Capacity for a Brighter Future

• Community Foundation of
• Howard County

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Where are we?
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Non-Profit The Life Cycles Model
Advancing
Operational
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Turnaround
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Life Cycles Model
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S.W.O.T?

• SWOT analysis is a basic, straight forward
  model that provides direction and serves as a
  basis for the development of marketing plans.

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S. W. O. T.

• S Strengths
• W Weaknesses
• O Opportunities
• T Threats

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When to S.W.O.T.

• Explore possibilities for new efforts or
  solutions to problems.
• Make decisions about the best path for your
  initiative. Identifying your opportunities for
  success in context of threats to success can
  clarify directions and choices.

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When to S.W.O.T.

• Determine where change is possible. If you are at
  a juncture or turning point, an inventory of your
  strengths and weaknesses can reveal priorities as
  well as possibilities.
• Adjust and refine plans mid-course. A new
  opportunity might open wider avenues, while a new
  threat could close a path that once existed.

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S.W.O.T. can help

• Identify the issues or problems you intend to
  change
• Set or reaffirm goals
• Create an action plan

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S.W.O.T. Helps you

• build on your strengths
• minimize your weaknesses
• seize opportunities
• counteract threats

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Strengths

• Internal positive aspects that are under your
  control and upon which you may capitalize in
  planning

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Strengths

• Dont be modest!
• Be Realistic.

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Strengths Questions

• What advantages do you have?
• What do you do well?
• What relevant resources do you have access to?
• What do other people see as your strengths?

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Weaknesses

• Internal negative aspects that are under your
  control and that you may plan to improve

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Weaknesses

• Be Realistic!
• Be Brutally Honest but not Harsh.

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Weaknesses Questions

• What could you improve?
• What do you do badly?
• What should you avoid?
• What are we doing right now that we would not
  start doing?

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Opportunities

• Positive external conditions that you do not
  control but of which you can plan to take
  advantage

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Opportunities Look for Changes in

• technology
• government policy
• social patterns
• population profiles
• lifestyle changes

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Opportunities Questions

• Where are the good opportunities facing you?
• What are the interesting trends you are aware of?

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Threats

• Negative external conditions that you do not
  control but the effect of which you may be able
  to lessen

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Threats - Questions

• What obstacles do you face?
• What is your competition doing?
• Is changing technology threatening your position?
  
• Do you have bad debt or cash-flow problems?
• Could any of your weaknesses seriously threaten
  your operation?

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Questions
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Thank You!

• Dennis Tooley
• Indiana Youth Institute
• 866-426-3693
• DTooley_at_iyi.org
• www.iyi.org

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