An Overview of Sensible Strategic Planning
Course Details
60 to 90 minutes
Self-Paced
$35 (US funds)
About the Course
Understand what is needed to efficiently produce a strategic plan that always remains relevant, realistic and flexible. This course is ideal for orienting your planners to a planning process that will position their organization to thrive well into the future.
This course can be completed as a stand-alone or as a part of the Certificate-Series Facilitating Strategic Planning.
Learning Outcomes
- Broaden your definition of consulting to expand your options
- Distinguish strategic planning and its applications from the other types of planning in organizations
- Determine the purposes and benefits of strategic planning, including how to share that knowledge with others in your organization
- Translate descriptions of a generic strategic planning process to be specific to your for-profit or nonprofit organization
- Recognize strategic information that should be included, and what should not be in your Strategic Plan document
- Identify the kinds of questions that should be addressed in strategic thinking and the type of thinking that produces the most impactful Strategic Plans
- Grasp the overall strategic framework needed to customize a plan to the needs of your organization
- Begin customizing your planning process, acknowledging different models of planning and the applicability of each
Tools & Resources
- Training Video
- Pre and Post Assessments
- Learning Journal
- Sources for Additional Learning (recommended interactive exercise(s), book(s), discussion group and questions for reflection about the topic)
Downloadable Resources
- An Overview of Sensible Strategic Planning
- Eighteen Tips to Enhance Your Strategic Planning
- Comparison of For-Profit and Nonprofit Strategic Planning
- Glossary of Strategic Planning Terms
How it Works: To Enroll & Get Started
Enrollment Instructions
Create your account. Go to CDI’s Learning Management System (LMS). Read the brief “Welcome” section and click on “new account”.
Select a course or Certificate-Series. Back at the LMS, click on View the Catalog of Courses and Certificate-Series, and select the desired course or Certificate-Series.
Enroll. In your selection, click on the “Enroll” button. In the "Enroll Options" page, use Paypal for major credit cards, or enter an enrollment key if you have one.
Log-in & Learning Instructions
Start your learning. In your selected course or Certificate-Series, follow the step-by-step instructions in the "Start Here". Links to your enrolled courses will be on the right side of your pages.
For support, see CDI Help Center or email us.
Proceed at your own pace. However, paid enrolled courses should be completed within 60 days, and Certificate-Series within 90 days.
