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Strategic Planning
If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to know when you get there?

• Defines the realistic goals and timeframes
• Goals communicated to all team members to develop a sense of ownership
• Provides measurable goals to give reason to celebrate success
• Review your group’s purpose or desired result
• Survey and understand your YP group
• Analyze the situation – SWOT
• Establish goals
• Establish strategies & assign responsibility
• Physically write the plan
• Acknowledge and Celebrate Successes

• If you haven’t done one yet
• New Group Starting
• New major venture
• When having a “come to Jesus” meeting on group
• Once every three years
• Action plans should be updated yearly, but discussed quarterly

• Involve the right people
• There is no “perfect” plan
• Start simple, but start!
• Consider having a consultant or facilitator
• Be engaged to communicate the plan
• Build accountability – who’s doing what when?
• Deviating from the plan is okay, it’s not a set of rules, it’s a guideline