Your organization has never had a better time to harness this collective interest in bold social change.

Your stakeholders are primed to roll up their sleeves to help you foster lasting impact, but how can a strategic plan work to your advantage? Here are three extraordinary outcomes we’re watching schools and nonprofits accomplish through strategic planning.

It’s time to redirect your board’s energy. First, by re-energizing board members with the big-picture possibilities of your mission. Then, by refocusing your board’s activities on that mission rather than putting out fires in the day-to-day.