Curated OER
Becoming an Adult
Students make plans for growing up. For this personal health lesson, students participate in a strategic planning session to prepare them for the challenges of adulthood.
Free Management Library
Basics of Identifying Strategic Issues and Goals
Fifteen steps for completing a SWOT analysis are presented.
Free Management Library
Free Management Library: All About Strategic Planning
Defines strategic planning and provides the benefits of using this process. Provides examples of approaches to strategic planning and sample plans.
Free Management Library
Free Management Library: All About Strategic Planning
Defines strategic planning and provides the benefits of using this process. Provides examples of approaches to strategic planning and sample plans.
Other
White Paper: Developing a Strategic Plan
Offers information about strategic planning and an online worksheet to develop a final, printed plan.
Other
Nea: The Pillars of Planning, Mission, Values, Vision
Discusses the writing of mission, value, and vision statements. Discusses all the approaches you can use to write them.
Other
Public Awareness & Strategic Planning Workbook [Pdf]
These forms and suggestions form the foundation for a strategic planning session for an individual library or an entire school system. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Mind Tools
Mindtools: Swot Analysis
An article which defines SWOT analysis and explains how to use it to understand your strengths and weaknesses. Provides an example of how it works.
Donald Clark
Visioning
Lesson plan, complete with scenario, for practice in writing a vision statement.
Other
Morino Institute: Promise of a New Communications Age
This speech outlines the nature of the communications revolution, establishes a framework for the most important challenges that must be addressed and proposes an Agenda for Action for individuals and groups to take advantage of the...