An Overview of Strategic Planning or "VMOSA"

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An Overview of Strategic Planning or "VMOSA"
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What is VMOSA?

• Vision
• Mission
• Objectives
• Strategies
• Action Plans

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What is VMOSA?

• A practical strategic planning tool
• A blueprint for moving from dreams to actions to
  outcomes
• An ongoing process

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Why use VMOSA?

• To give your organization structure and direction
• To help build consensus about what to do and how
  to do it
• To focus your organization's efforts

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When to useV M O S A

• New organization
• New initiative or large project
• New phase of ongoing effort
• Breathe life into an older initiative

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Vision StatementsThe dream

• Examples
• "Healthy adolescents"
• "Healthy babies"
• "Caring parents"
• "A community of hope"
• "Safe sex"
• "Teen power"
• "Caring relationships"

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MissionThe what and why

• Examples
• To build a healthy community through a
  comprehensive initiative to promote jobs,
  education, and housing
• To promote adolescent health and development
  through school and community support and
  prevention

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ObjectivesThe how much of what will be
accomplished by when

• Examples
• By 2005, increase by 40 the number of adults who
  report caring activities with a child not their
  own.
• By 2015, decrease by 25 the number of reported
  cases of child abuse and neglect.

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StrategiesThe how

• Examples
• Enhance experience and competence
• Remove barriers
• Increase support and resources
• Make outcomes matter

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Action PlansThe specifics of who will do what,
by when, at what costs

• These consist of
• Action steps (what will be done)
• People responsible (by whom)
• Date completed (by when)
• Resources required (costs)
• Collaborators (who should know)