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Assembling Your Strategic Plan

Now that your collaboration has assessed the needs of women with disabilities and Deaf women who have experienced violence in your community, it is time to begin to develop a plan that will fill unmet needs and, ultimately, improve the services your community has to offer. Upon completion of the strategic planning process, your collaboration will have a solid understanding of the way to carry out your work to more effectively serve women with disabilities and Deaf women who have experienced violence in your community in addition to a document that shares how the plan will benefit your community.

Purpose

Strategic planning is the process through which your collaboration will establish its long term goals and plans, and make decisions about any actions you might take to achieve them. A strategic plan will help your collaboration do a better job by:

  • giving direction to the work and team members,
  • serving as a framework for decision-making and resource allocation,
  • establishing a work plan and timeline,
  • ensuring support and approval from key stakeholders,
  • explaining the work to outsiders,
  • assisting in understanding the progress of your collaboration, and
  • stimulating change and interest.

In This Section

We provide you with a step-by-step guide and several tips for assembling your strategic plan.

In this section, you will learn how to: