The One-Page Business Plan for NAWBO Chapters
Leading with Clarity, Communication & Confidence
!NAWBO Leadership Bootcamp
March 20, 2014, Las Vegas
Servant Leadership
• Listening
• Empathy
• Healing
• Awareness
• Persuasion
• Conceptualization
• Foresight
• Stewardship
• Commit to Growth
• Building Community
Why Plan?• If you don't know your destination, how will you know
when you've arrived?
• Forestall problems
• Clarity
• Communication
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Buy-In
One-Page Business Plan
• Multiyear planning
• Marries STRATEGY with OPERATIONS
• Simple, clear, focus on RESULTS
• Metrics
• Communication tool
One-Page Business Plan• Start at 30,000 feet - VISION & MISSION
• WHAT are you building? WHY does your org exist?
• HOW will your Chapter be built & managed?
• WHAT does success look like for your Chapter?
• What projects/programs must be completed this year, broken into SMAARTER goals?
What’s Your Chapter Life Stage?
STARTUP GROWTH MATURE
Number of Members <50 50-200 +200
Budget <$10K $10K - $100K +$100K
Corp Partners 1 - 3 4 - 20 +20
PLAN probably not
recreating the wheel
continuity, alignment,
communication
One-Page Business Plan• Draft plan (advice available, but YOU must create)
• Share with PASC sponsor & colleagues
• Present as draft to your Board
• Board adds input/Finalizes
• Every Committee should have one: using Chapter Vision, Mission, and selected Strategies; then, 1-3 objectives, requisite Action Plans
Process
VISION
Within the next ____(1, 3 or 5) years, grow ______________ (organization name) into a successful ________ (geographical service area) NAWBO CHAPTER with annual funding of $__________ providing ________________ (list 2 – 3 key services or products) for/to ________________ (describe the profile of the recipient of your services).
VISION STATEMENT: WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? What your Chapter will look like
in 1, 3 or 5 years.
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MISSION
We help ___________________________ To whom are you in service?
(clients, members, recipients of your service) ____________________________
What do you do for them? (Describe benefits of your services)
WHY DOES YOUR CHAPTER OF NAWBO EXIST? What do the recipients of your services want/need from your organization? Describe why
your Chapter exists, in 8 words or less.
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STRATEGIES
● Focus on serving __________with ___________& ___________ needs. ● Create awareness of our services by ____________, ____________& _____________. ● Initial Experience: Promote membership by __________, _________ & __________. ● Revenue Model: Generate revenues by ____________, ____________ & _____________. ● Engage Corporate Partners to ____________, _____________, & ________________. ● Use Internet/Technology to ____________, ___________ & _____________. ● Assure services will be cost effective by ____________, ____________ & _____________.
DEFINE HOW YOUR CHAPTER WILL BE BUILT AND MANAGED . Describe 5 to 8 things this non-profit must do extremely
well over time to be successful.
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OBJECTIVES
● Increase Corporate Partner Revenue from $ _______to $ _______. ● Increase paying memberships from _________ to __________. ● Increase member retention from _______% to _______%. ● Increase number of program participants from _______to _______. ● Increase number of _______ workshops/programs from _______to _______. ● Increase _______success rate from _______to _______.
MEASURABLE RESULTS What results must your Chapter achieve to be
successful? List 2 - 3 goals your Chapter must achieve this year to be successful.
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ACTION PLANS
Project 1: ______________________________________ Project 2: ______________________________________ Project 3: ______________________________________ Project 4: ______________________________________
WORK OR TASKS TO BE COMPLETED What are 3 - 5 capacity/infrastructure projects/programs that must be completed this year to achieve your strategic objectives? Be Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Alignment, Realistic, and Time-Bound, Evaluate and Re-Evaluate.
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Now It’s YOUR Turn• At your table, discuss how you might change the
sample plan for your Chapter
• What 2 or 3 BIG Objectives do you need to tackle to be successful?
• What will you do to bring this back to your Chapter?
• How can you best learn this to implement with your Chapter?
Talkback• At your table, discuss how you might change the
plan for your Chapter
• What 2 or 3 BIG Objectives do you need to tackle to be successful?
• What will you do to bring this back to your Chapter?
• How can you best learn this to implement with your Chapter?
