- 27 Sep, 2020
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Planning document
- Obtain a copy of a strategic/long-range plan or a program plan created by your organization.
Note: If a plan is not readily accessible, ask one or more program managers or executive-level staff for a plan you can use for this assignment. If your organization does not have a plan (or if it does, but you cannot obtain a copy of it), then scan the websites of other nonprofit organizations for a plan. Some annual reports of larger organizations contain information typically in a strategic plan, such as goals, objectives, strategies, and so on.
- Review the plan and any documents that accompany it. Briefly, answer the following questions:
- What type of plan do you think it is? (See Table 3.1, Types of Planning in the Lewis text.)
- What are the major things the organization (or program) intends to achieve via this plan?
- What types of interventions (micro, mezzo, macro), if any, are identified in the plan?
- Are there indications that any of the interventions are evidence-based?
- Are any of the following items included in or with the plan: a logic model, time line, or evaluation plan?
- What is your opinion about the plan? (For example, how easy is it to read and understand? Do the contents seem relevant to someone who is at the service delivery level? What’s one thing you would do to improve it?)
- If possible, send a copy of the entire plan or a URL for the plan to your instructor.
- Come to the live session prepared to talk about the items above.
- Appreciative inquiry
- Describe briefly (approximately 250 words) at least one way the Appreciative Inquiry process could be used by you or others in your organization.