Stakeholder Centered Strategy: A Blueprint for Nonprofit Leaders

Join strate­gic plan­ning con­sul­tant Jeff Heil­brun and for­mer non­prof­it exec­u­tive direc­tor Lau­ra Soltau for a hands-on work­shop that demon­strates how stake­hold­er insights can be trans­formed into action­able strat­e­gy. A strate­gic plan isn’t suc­cess­ful sim­ply because it’s writ­ten. It’s suc­cess­ful when every­one under­stands the pri­or­i­ties and knows what to do next. 

Using their real-world consultant/​client case study, Jeff and Lau­ra will guide par­tic­i­pants in explor­ing prac­ti­cal approach­es to the many aspects of non­prof­it strate­gic plan­ning and the pro­gres­sion from input → pri­or­i­ties → align­ment → action. Top­ics will include stake­hold­er engage­ment, board and staff roles, qual­i­ta­tive sur­vey analy­sis, and decid­ing when to lever­age inter­nal capac­i­ty ver­sus out­side exper­tise. This high­ly inter­ac­tive ses­sion will incor­po­rate hands-on exer­cis­es, peer engage­ment, and facil­i­tat­ed discussion.

Par­tic­i­pants will explore how to:

• Gath­er mean­ing­ful input from key stakeholders
  
• Iden­ti­fy areas of agree­ment — and dif­fer­ences in perspective
  
• Turn that input into clear strate­gic priorities
  
• Build orga­ni­za­tion­al align­ment around those priorities
  
• Trans­late strat­e­gy into action­able annu­al plans

Tuition and Tar­get Audi­ence: $75 per orga­ni­za­tion (Up to 3 par­tic­i­pants per orga­ni­za­tion: 1 exec­u­tive direc­tor and up to 2 board mem­bers). We strong­ly encour­age exec­u­tive direc­tors and board mem­bers to attend togeth­er, as the work­shop is designed to fos­ter shared learn­ing and align­ment around strate­gic plan­ning. Joint atten­dance is not required, how­ev­er, and we wel­come reg­is­tra­tions from any inter­est­ed non­prof­it lead­ers. Ques­tions about the work­shop for­mat or reg­is­tra­tion can be direct­ed to mahanna@​cfjacksonhole.​org.