The Power of Strategic Planning for Nonprofits (Marie Palacios)

Did you know that a well-crafted strategic plan is statistically proven to double an organization's chance of long-term success? In episode #241 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, strategic planning expert Marie Palacios provides clarity around the strategic planning process and how to create a powerful final written product. You'll gain insider tips on questions like "How do we level the playing field so both introverts and extroverts have equal opportunity to contribute in conversations?" and "How do we narrow down a plethora of ideas into one concise document?". Marie highlights the essential components so you can come away with a compelling plan with strategies to ensure the end result is clear, concise, and compelling. 

"While nonprofits are businesses, not everything that works in the for-profit sector will work in the               philanthropic sector."

ABOUT MARIE

Marie Palacios, Lead Consultant for Funding for Good, is an expert educator, consultant, and facilitator who helps leaders achieve their goals. She combines evidence-based facilitation methods and two decades of professional experience to facilitate dynamic and productive meetings. Her specialties include consensus building, leadership development, and strategic planning for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Over the past two decades, Marie has worn every hat imaginable in the business world: volunteer, board member, program director, executive director, and development consultant. Marie is bilingual and uses her Spanish skills to provide language access and diversity training services for businesses and local government sectors. She is passionate about serving others and coordinates annual service trips to Latin America through her private consulting company, MP Pro Consult. Marie is a native of Morganton, NC, where she lives with her husband, three daughters, and one spoiled rescue dog named "Mako."

EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCES

• The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution: Real-Time Strategic Planning in a Rapid-Response World by David LaPiana & Melissa Mendes Campos
• Learn more about Marie and Funding for Good here
• Ready for a Mastermind? Learn more here!
• Have you gotten Patton's book Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership: Seven Keys to Advancing Your Career in the Philanthropic Sector
• Watch for the companion workbook and the audio version of Patton's best seller, Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, coming soon!