Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders

A successful plan is, by definition, a usable plan—one that informs the organization’s activities as well as its long-range view, and one that yields meaningful improvements in effectiveness, capacity, and relevance.

Although the challenges of funding, governing, and managing each organization are unique, certain lessons apply across the board. The features of a good planning project do not vary–regardless of its organizational scope, emphasis, or specific issues.

This briefing paper shares ten important keys to promote more successful strategic planning.