Courses and Workshops

Developing your Strategic Action PlanTM.

Workshop Aims

• To provide board members and senior staff of community organisations or private businesses with knowledge required to create an effective and "living" Strategic Action PlanTM
• To understand the respective roles of board and management in devising and implementing a Strategic Action Plan.
• To have each participant organisation leave with a draft Strategic Action PlanTM

Workshop Content

By a hands-on and interactive approach, participants will develop a Strategic Action PlanTM

using on line-software, facilitator input, example plans and group discussion. Topics covered will include the components of a One- Page Strategic Plan and the Strategic Action PlanTM including development of:

• Strategic Directions
• Strategies to achieve the Strategic Directions
• Strategy Objectives and Key Performance Indicators
• Tasks and timelines to achieve the Objectives
• Monitoring and Reporting processes and timetables
• Task allocation and task supervision principles
• Project Cost and Time Allocation recording

By the end of the workshop participants will have

• A clear understanding of the purpose of both a Strategic Plan and an Action Plan
• Developed a draft one-page Strategic Plan
• Plotted a consultation strategy to enable them to finalise the Plan
• Begun turning the strategic plan into a Strategic Action PlanTM
• Be able to confidently use the on-line Strategic Action PlanTM software
• Be able to print reports for the management of their Action Plan
• Printed take away copies of the work completed in the session.

Participants will be offered the opportunity to subscribe to the Strategic Action PlanTM software.