We worked with a coalition of research universities and USAID representatives to develop a strategic plan for Higher Education for Development (HED), a program of ACE that supports the engagement of US colleges and universities in development initiatives worldwide.
This consortium of 96 universities hired us to facilitate a Board retreat to help the organization clarify its values and principles, set near-term goals, and develop an action plan to be carried out by member organizations.
The focus of Refugees International’s planning process was to identify the areas where it makes the most distinctive and necessary contributions and align its resources accordingly. It also led to the development of three new strategic initiatives that enabled RI to combine advocacy for immediate improvement with a push for long-term structural reforms to prevent future crises.
CNPS facilitated an executive team retreat designed to flesh out NatureServe’s vision for the near future, prioritize areas where additional resources are needed, and develop a strategy for mobilizing needed resources.
The strategic planning process that we conducted for CommonHealth Action revealed that this organization was trying to fill two very different roles and identities. This clarification led to some programs and functions being spun off into a subsidiary Public Health Institute so that the organization could focus on its core health equity agenda.