There is an old saying that good intentions don’t move mountains, bulldozers do. In nonprofit management, the mission and the plan—if that all there is—are the good intentions. Strategies are the bulldozers. They convert what you want to do into accomplishment.1
Peter Drucker
Planning
Goals
Objectives
Short-, intermediate-, and long-range plans
Strategic plans
Operational plans
Single-use and standing-use plans
Top-down and bottom-up plans
Problem solving
Contingency and crisis plans
Mission statement
Vision statement
Values statement
SWOT analysis
Scenario Planning
Contingency and crisis planning
Decision making
Problem solving
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