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STRATEGIC PLANNING 

 

WHAT IS STRATEGIC PLANNING?

  • Strategic planning is an organizational management activity 
  • Used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, & strengthen operations
  • It ensures that employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals
  • Establishes agreement around intended outcomes/results
  • Assess and adjust the organization’s direction in response to a changing environment

 

GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE:

  • Review the OLLI mission statement
  • Develop ideas for growth and improvement
  • Come up with strategies to achieve said growth and improvement

 

HOW WILL THE COMMITTEE ACHIEVE ITS GOALS?

  • Assess current program data, and seek additional data where needed
  • Set priorities, inclusive of short and long term goals
  • Create a timeline 
  • The committee will utilize collected information to develop a five-year plan, along with a financial projection.
  • Identify key performance indicators and plan to use them to track the progress against the goals set in place
  • communicate the strategic plan to the entire organization
  • Create visual aids for communication of information to our stakeholders
  • This will keep the entire membership invested in the organization and provide opportunities to contribute to the successes of the overall plan.
  • Assign specific tasks directly related to the strategic plan to staff members responsible for the achievement of the success
  • Assess staff member performance of tasks
  • Monitor the performance of the strategic plan, evaluate and assess the timeline monthly to stay on track.
  • At the end of each fiscal year, staff will review the committee’s achievements and success and schedule time to build on that success by conducting strategic planning for the next year.