Strategic Planning

A TAP group on organizational strategic planning:

• Views the future as unpredictable.
• Views planning as an ongoing process.
• Emphasizes strategic development tools (such as SWOT analysis).

Based on the current environmental context, each participant is guided to answering the question “how best can we use our resources to achieve our mission?”

Organizational Planning

A TAP group on organizational planning is centered on program design and evaluation in contrast to an overall strategic plan. Organizational planning teams:

• Focus on short-term (less than one-year) objectives.
• Develop detailed plans (what activities, accomplished by whom, accomplished how).

Based on the current environmental context, each participant is guided to answering the question “what do we need to be doing this year to best accomplish our mission?”

Alliances

Alliance-oriented TAP groups are formed when a group of agencies desires to collaborate on a shared issue such as improving foster care or strengthening a particular geographic area. The ingredients for an Alliance TAP Group:

• A common issue.
• Willingness to partner.
• An emerging understanding of how the collaborative whole can more effectively address the are of focus.

Alliance groups have historically produced breakthrough change.

Executive Director Roundtables

An Executive Director Roundtable is an environment for coaching, peer-counseling, problem-solving and relationship building that is uniquely focused on the leaders of nonprofit organizations.
Roundtables currently form three times each year. If you’d like to hear more or connect with our roundtable coach, contact us.