Strategic Action Planning
Ministries take their responsibility for practicing strong stewardship very seriously. They respect the fact that they answer to the Lord for their performance in this critical area. Increasingly, the subjects of "performance" and "capacity" and even ministry ratings and rankings are being discussed and debated like never before.
This kind of scrutiny is placing nonprofits squarely under the donor microscope. What should an organization use to evaluate overall health? Some have suggested the primary metric should be driven from financially-oriented scorecards. We believe the time has come for a "best practice" based strategic planning process--but one that does two things:
- Recognizes cost is a factor and can be delivered as quickly and inexpensively as possible
- Is highly practical and immediate in what is produced
A Different Approach
Cool Strategies offers a revolutionary, 2-day planning process that focuses a ministry management team on high impact areas and moves them forward toward greater health. It is cost effective and the results are extremely practical:
- We use a customized nonprofit organization assessment tool called Virtual CEO™ to collect information from ministry executives and non-management staff alike.
- This tool is entirely web-based. No paper surveys. No consultants to meet with.
- Your management team is challenged to "think like a CEO/Executive Director" by considering their use of 189 best practices covering a wide range of organizational disciplines.
- Assessments are followed up with a two-day onsite planning meeting with the management team.
Two Days. That's It?
- Day one--you identify the most significant issues impacting your organization. These are based on your conclusions about what will have the greatest impact, not ours.
- Day two--you work as a team to build a detailed action plan addressing your most pressing priorities.
We guarantee you will walk away with a specific plan of action defining who in your ministry is going to do what by when. We are available, at your request, for ongoing consultation and support. Some clients
want the accountability and extra input. But it's your choice.
So what are the benefits from this kind of engagement? Based on our own experiences in working with a range of ministries, they are radically different from what happens in other, more traditional methods of strategic planning.
Top Benefits from a Cool Strategies™ Strategic Action Planning Engagement
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- Presents the TRUTH of your nonprofit organization
- Develops ALIGNMENT across the management team
- Creates AGREEMENT about how you should respond
- Promotes ACTION in response to top priorities
- Establishes BENCHMARKS for future evaluation
We've been asked if it is truly possible to impact in an organization in only two days. Based on our experience, absolutely!
Be sure to review our FAQs for more information, including some pricing information. We also have a cool interactive demonstration (15 megs) of the Virtual CEO assessment tool and reports. Beyond that, we strongly encourage you to contact us today for more information about this vital and effective process.
