Description

Workshop Overview:

Join the Greater Vancouver Chamber for a transformative 90-minute Nonprofit POD Workshop, presented by Umpqua Bank and elevate your nonprofit's strategic planning to new heights.
 
Learn to think and act with a strategic mindset, transitioning from high-level, visionary thinking down to practical, actionable steps. Mike Westby, CEO & President of Westby Associates Inc will guide you through the intricacies of implementation planning and gap analysis, ensuring your strategies effectively translate into tangible, positive outcomes.
 
Don't miss this opportunity to refine your approach and achieve your mission with precision and clarity.

What to Expect:

8:30 am | Coffee & Networking with fellow attendees

Program Start:

9:00am | Setting the Strategic Horizon

• Mission (who you are and what you do)
• Vision (who will be serving in the future and what will they need from you?)
• Values (why are your mission and vision important?)
• Priorities (how will you achieve your vision?)

• Benchmarks and goals (what will you measure to determine success?)
• Timeline metrics (when will you measure?)
• Strategies (how will you drive metric success
• Strategy ownership (who owns each strategy?)

• No plan survives first contact (plan for failure at some level)
• Mitigate failure by assessing capacity to implement plan (Gap analysis)
• Four types of gap:
  • Bandwidth
  • Expertise
  • Compression
  • Funding

10:20am | Takeaways and Q&A

Who Should Attend:

GVC's Nonprofit POD Workshops extend a warm welcome to all Nonprofit Staff Members and individuals dedicated to advancing their organization's mission! Whether your current role directly pertains to the workshop topic, or you aim to contribute valuable insights to your organization, we eagerly anticipate your participation.

As space is limited, we ask that only nonprofit staff members register to attend this event. If you are interested in attending and are not a staff member for a nonprofit, please email YourChamber@VancouverUSA.com and we will add you to the waitlist. Thank you!