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• Strategic planning curriculum and beat structure, Method, LLC.
• Workbook prompts and Strategic Plan template, Method, LLC.
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• 01
  Start With Why

  Simon Sinek , aligned with Vision & Mission Clarity
• 02
  The way we think about charity is dead wrong

  Dan Pallotta , aligned with Environmental Scan
• 03
  Why business can be good at solving social problems

  Michael Porter , aligned with Strategic Priorities
• 04
  Why the secret to success is setting the right goals

  John Doerr , aligned with Goals & Metrics
• 05
  Smart failure for a fast-changing world

  Eddie Obeng , aligned with Implementation Roadmap
• 06
  Try something new for 30 days

  Matt Cutts , aligned with Monitoring & Adaptation

Talks are embedded from their original publishers via YouTube and remain the property of their respective creators.

The "Worked example" block on every module page quotes from Healthy Eating Active Living New Hampshire (HEAL NH) Strategic Plan, July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014, adopted July 28, 2011. Used here as a real-world reference to show what each module's output looks like in a finished plan.

Source: nhnonprofits.org sample strategic plan (PDF). Hosted by the NH Center for Nonprofits. Excerpts remain the property of HEAL NH and the NH Center for Nonprofits.

Fraunces, by Phaedra Charles and Flavia Zimbardi, distributed by Undercase Type. Inter, by Rasmus Andersson. Both via Google Fonts under the SIL Open Font License.

Thank you to every executive director, board chair, and program officer whose plans, edits, and pushback shaped this course.

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