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The Training Need: Do you, your staff, and your Board of
Directors have a clear picture of where your organization is, where it
should be going, and how to get there? Strategic Planning is a process
that helps to answer these questions. And in today's unstable,
ever-changing environment, strategic planning is a MUST for nonprofits.
This webinar is a practical and usable introduction to the key concepts
and techniques of strategic planning and how to apply them to your
organization. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of what
nonprofits can gain from strategic planning. It is geared to the
executive staff and board members who must act as a team in this
planning process. A major theme of the session will be board involvement
in the planning process. Special Features: In advance of the webinar, attendees will
receive a strategic planning resource manual including planning forms,
worksheets, and examples of strategic planning documents. After the
session, they will receive the PowerPoint presentation used in the
webinar as well as access to answers to future questions, leads on
additional capacity building resources, and more.
Who Should Attend: For board and staff leadership seeking an
introduction to strategic planning. The session will be especially
useful for executive directors and board leaders wishing to add new life
to their strategic planning efforts.
Attend As A Team:
This
webinar can be viewed by several people from the same organization using
one computer making your investment in Increasing the Impact of Your
Strategic Planning Efforts
even more cost effective.
Presenter: Frank Martinelli
Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST
Introductory Price: $69
Session Agenda
- The nature and role of strategic planning and how to apply the
concepts and practices to nonprofit organizations
- Making sure that your strategic planning is really "strategic"
- Techniques for plan formulation, implementation, and assessment
- Preparing your organization for planning
- When, where, why, and how your board and staff should be
involved
- Other Resources for Strategic Planning
Presenter Bio:
Frank Martinelli, The Center for Public Skills Training Frank
Martinelli has over 35 years of work, training and consulting experience
with a variety of nonprofit and public sector organizations. He is
president of the Center for Public Skills Training where he specializes
in strategic planning, governing board development, volunteer
management, and community partnership and alliance building. Since 1976
over 25,000 professional staff, board and other volunteer leaders have
benefited from Frank's practical, results-oriented training and
consultation.
Frank served as a member of the national faculty of The Learning
Institute, a joint venture of the Society for Nonprofit Organizations,
PBS, United Way of America, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension
designed to deliver training through a range of emerging technologies.
The Learning Institute, faculty and partners were the recipient of the
American Distance Education Consortium 2000 Award for the “Certificate
of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management Satellite Series”.
He has provided training and consultation to over 1800 organizations in
the US including Peace Corps, Head Start, The Points of Light
Foundation, Association of Volunteer Administration, the American
Camping Association, Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the
Aging, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Medical College of
Wisconsin, Greater Milwaukee Committee, American Lung Association and
others. From 1981-1992, Frank served as Coordinator of THE RESOURCE
CENTER, a major provider of training to nonprofit groups in the Greater
Milwaukee area.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin with an M.S. in Urban
Affairs, Frank has done numerous workshops on nonprofit management
topics with special emphasis on involvement of the Board of Directors.
Frank has written extensively about the management of nonprofit
organizations and is a contributing author to the New Directions
publication by Jossey-Bass, "Small Nonprofits: Strategies for Fund
Raising Success." He has been trained by the Peter F. Drucker Foundation
in the use of the Organizational Self-Assessment Tool. Frank has
completed the Advanced Board Consultant Training Program offered by
BoardSource, formerly known as the National Center for Nonprofit Boards.
Frank has recently completed the Distance Education Professional
Development Certification Program offered at the University of Wisconsin
and is presently developing a number of web-based and other distance
learning offerings for nonprofits. Frank also publishes the Strategic
Thinking and Planning Blog offering his reflections on strategic
planning in the nonprofit sector.
Frank served as a community organizer for the Citizen Action Program
(CAP) in Chicago and as a founding organizer and staff director of the
Milwaukee Alliance of Concerned Citizens. He also served as Senior
Training Consultant to ACTION/VISTA from 1977 to 1981.In addition to his
professional work, since high school days, Frank has played key roles in
founding and leading a number of nonprofit organizations. In 1993, the
Wisconsin Association of Nonprofit Organizations established The Frank
Martinelli Volunteer Achievement Award. The award recognized excellence
in voluntary service to the nonprofit sector in Wisconsin.
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