Strategic Plan Resources

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Developing a strategic plan

for your volunteer

engagement program

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Agenda

Why do you need a strategic plan?

What can a strategic plan do

What needs to happen first?

Creating a vision

Building a team

Communicating up and out

Things to think about


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Why a strategic plan?

What is your vision for volunteer engagement?

What does your program look like now?

What will it look like in 5 years if you maintain the status

quo?

What could it look like?

Have you thought about whats possible around expansion

of impact, or identify trends in recruitment, volunteers

aging in place, or expanded roles?


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What can a strategic plan do?

For you? Your program? The organization?

Focus energy and resources.

Reenergize a static program.

Allow for innovation to address current and future needs.

Identify organizational priorities and create meaningful

measurement.


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Where to start?

Identify and gather the information youll need to inform thediscussion around strategy.

Qualitative and quantitativereports, focus groups,

surveys.

Identify or clarify the position of your current volunteerengagement programSWOT analysis

Understand how leadership and stakeholders are

involved nowactions, ideas, beliefs

Determine your timingis there a busy season or isyour program cyclical?

Should you engage someone from outside your

organization?


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Creating a vision

What could volunteer engagement look like in your

organization?

Creating outcomes and the implementation will be

collaborative, but there needs to be a leader.

Dont be constrained by history, or funding get beyond

yes, butand think big

What are the opportunities, weaknesses?

Solicit feedback. Dont create in a vacuum.

Remember focus groups and stakeholders needs


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Engage otherscreate common goals

What are the outcomes for the organization?

Who else will be accountable or impacted by the

outcomes?

Does leadership understand the need for vision and

change? Know how this work impacts mission?

What work needs to be doneanalysis? Evaluation?

Can it be done by you? Should it?

Implementation and support should be organization-wide

Even if this strategy isnt incorporated into the larger organization

strategy

Use these common goals to share the vision with others

and incorporate solutions.


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Building the team

Who should be involved? Who needs to be involved?

The team that creates the plan should be inclusive but

not overwhelming.

Include stakeholders and leaders

But outcomes must be realistic

Volunteers need to have a voice as well

Organization size and diversity of volunteer engagement

can increase stakeholders This is not the only opportunity for involvementcommittees,

working groups

Develop a team that can create outcomes and goals


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Communicating up and out

Its as important to create a plan for communication as it isto create the strategic plan.

Not everyone can (and should) be at the tablehow will

you share discussions or information about how

decisions were made?

Focus groups allow participation prior to planning, town

halls, informational meetings, updates can provide

participation after.

Share work from committees, working groups, task forces

Share information back to stakeholders and participants.

Remember to share this work to your community as well.


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Make your Plan a Reality!

The strategic plan is just the beginning

Create the working groups or committees to begin

identifying the individual actions that will make the

strategic plan outcomes a reality

Refer your strategic plan and goals back to your vision

Its okay to reevaluate where youre going as the program starts

to evolved.

Dont get discouraged

Tout your successes and evaluate and learn from your mistakes.


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