RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING 

BLUE PRINT FOR SUCCESS: A guide to Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Board Members (video) by Kay Sprinkel Beaumont, National Center For Nonprofit Boards, Suite 510, 2000L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-4907 tel: 1-800-883-6262 

AMHERST H. WILDER FOUNDATION, STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKBOOK. Saint Paul, MN. 1986, 72 pages.

Designed especially for nonprofit organizations, government units, service groups, and associations, this book offers an introduction to the merits and limitations of planning and a step-by-step approach to developing a plan. It includes a sample strategic plan and strategic planning worksheets. 

BRYSON, JOHN M., AND ALSTON, FARNUM K., CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING YOUR STARTEGIC PLAN. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass 1996, 117 pages.

This practical workbook provides clear instructions for creating a strategic plan. The guide includes worksheets, guidelines for conducting brainstorming sessions, and helpful checklists for workshop equipment and room setup. 

GRACE, KAY SPRINKEL, BEYOND FUND-RAISING. New York: John Wiley & sons, 1997, 288 pages.

Explores the development process as a way to take nonprofits to a new level of achievement. Includes a full chapter on planning and a chapter on three levels of management: philosophical, strategic and tactical. 

HOWE, FISHER, THE BOARD MEMBER'S GUIDE TO STRATEGIC PLANNING. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997, 114 pages (Available from the National Center for Nonprofit Boards)

In this book, the author guides board members through the strategic planning process and summarizes the principals of successful planning. Also included is a sample scope of work for a planning consultant or facilitator. 

 

Strategic Planning Bibliography

Produced by Mary Cronin, Regional Field Manager, YWCA of USA

May 19, 1999 

Allison, Michael and Jude Kaye, Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical

Guide and Workbook, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1997. 

Barry, Bryan W. Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations (St. Paul, MN:

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 1986). 

Bryson, John M., "Strategic Planning and Action Planning for Nonprofits", The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, ed. Robert D. Herman & Associates, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1994, pp. 154-183. 

Bryson, John M., Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement, revised edition, Jossey-Bass. San Francisco, 1995. 

Bryson, John M. and Farnum K. Alston, Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan: A

Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1996. 

Howe, Fisher, Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning, The National Center for Nonprofit

Boards, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1997. 

Laycock, D. Kerry, "Strategic Planning and Management by Objectives", The Nonprofit Management Handbook: Qperating Policies and Procedures, Ed. Tracy Daniel Connors, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1993, pp. 161-191. 

McNamara, Carter, Facilitator's Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Management Assistance

Program for Nonprofits, 1997. 

Nanus, B. Visionary Leadership: Creating a CoMelling Sense of Direction for Your

Organization, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1992. 

 

Strategic Planning Internet Resources

Produced by Mary Cronin, Regional Field Manager of the YWCA of USA

May 19, 1999 

Below both web sites and pages within web sites are listed. You will see individual pages provided from the same web sites. These are provided for your convenience so that you don't have to search through each web site looking for the information on strategic planning. 

What is strategic planning?

http://www.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq/03/22.html 

What is a strategy and how do we develop one?

http://www.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq/03/23.html 

What are the steps of a strategic planning process?

http://www.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq/03/24.htm1 

Strategic Planning FAQs

http://www.allianceonline.org/strategic_planning.html 

Why do we develop an annual operating plan?

http://www.nonprofit-info.org/npofaq /03/25.html 

Strategic Planning in Nonprofit and Public Sectors

http://www.uwex.edu/li/strategic.doc 

Strategic Planning FAQ #8

http://www.a11ianceonline.org/Clearinghouse/spfaq8.html 

DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC VISION STATEMENT WORKSHEET

http://www.uwex.edu/li/frank2.html 

Nonprofit GENIE - Strategic Planning

http://search.genie.org:591/genie/FMPro?-db=genie.fp3&-format=ans_result.htm&category=Strategic%20Planning&-find 

Strategic Planning ? Power Point

http://www.uwex.edu/li/strat~1/index.htm 

Should Your Organization Invest In Strategic Planning?

http://www.smartbiz.com/sbs/arts/bjh5.htm 

Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool

http://www.uwex.edu/li/assess1.html 

Publications for Nonprofits: Strategic Planning Facilitators Guide

http://www.mapnp.org/Publications/List.html#anchor556510 

The Beacon Project, Inc. ? Strategic Planning

http://www.beaconproject.org 

SWOT ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS

http: //www.nonprofit-innovations.com/page8.html 

Lessons Learned

http://www.arts.endow.gov/pub/Lessons/index.html 

Welcome to the STOP Homepage

http: //www.siop.org/ 

Strategic Planning

http://www.iknow.org/StrategicPlan.html