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The Strategic Compass: Steering your Organization toward Success

Posted by The Impact Group Digital Leadership Academy on Mar 18, 2024 1:44:50 PM

Strategic planning is the art of turning dreams into an actionable roadmap, setting goals and plotting the steps that will ensure an organization's growth and sustainability. It's an intricate dance of foresight, resource allocation, and adaptability in a dynamic world. In a recent webinar, Impact Group Partner Phil Herman and Threshold Rehabilitation Services, Inc. President and CEO Dr. Ed Michalik—breakdown the important components of strategic planning and helped exemplify that while the compass points to the north, it is the collaboration between stakeholders, leaders, and strategy that determines if we reach our destination.

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Topics: Strategic Planning, Government

Getting Parents On Board: How to Communicate Your Strategic Plan

Posted by Natalie Eusebio on Aug 19, 2020 1:20:12 PM

For those who have been involved with a strategic plan of any kind before, the process makes sense and can even be exciting. For those who are hearing about it for the first time, it might be difficult to understand exactly what the end goal is, but a strategic plan can help a school district find continued success because it lays out goals and a timeline that you strive to achieve.

 

As a district leader, you know how important it is to have big ideas, goals and objectives steering your school buildings through the academic year. Here at The Impact Group, we love the research stage of strategic planning. It allows us to dig in and really understand not only what makes a school district tick but what we can contribute to help a district thrive even more.

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Topics: Strategic Planning, School Districts, Education, Communications, school communications

The Key to Strategic Planning Success: Crystal-Clear Clarity

Posted by The Impact Group Digital Leadership Academy on Feb 27, 2019 7:29:00 AM

There is strength in having a clear direction. You may be familiar with the popular saying, “You can have the top airplane or the most advanced ship, but without a knowledgeable pilot or captain, you won’t reach your destination.” Clarity holds power. Having a vision and seeing it through to realization is crucial, especially in strategic planning.

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Topics: Strategic Planning, Business Development, Surveys, School Districts, Government, Communications

Strategic Planning 101: The Value of Stakeholder Engagement

Posted by Chris DiMauro on Jan 28, 2019 2:36:10 PM

While it’s true origins have been disputed, French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery is often attributed with authoring one of the most powerful (and subsequently most cited) maxims in the field of organizational development and business:

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Topics: Engagement, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Motivation, Communications

5 Tips for Surviving Election Season (And How to Come Out on Top!)

Posted by Samantha Booth on Jul 2, 2018 8:51:02 AM

Election season always seems to be right around the corner. Even if you have months to prepare, developing a successful communication strategy to garner the support of voters for school bond issues and levies should be a year-round activity.

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Topics: Strategic Planning, Marketing, School Districts, Political, Education, Levy, Bond Issue, Government

The Importance of Being Social on Social Media

Posted by Kelly Konya on Feb 12, 2018 8:44:02 AM
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Topics: Finding Audiences, Optimization, Social Media, Lead Generation, Engagement, Content Marketing Plan, Strategic Planning, Marketing

3 Strategies to Grow Your Business in 2018 - Part III

Posted by Andrea Lyons on Jan 17, 2018 1:17:50 PM

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As the saying goes, there’s no time like the present. When the end of the year rolls around, the best way to prepare for business growth in 2018 is to complete a review of the current strategies that have brought about success. Being proactive about your business’s short and long-term goals is essential to creating a blueprint for the new year that will lead to development and increased revenue.

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Topics: Marketing Best Practices, Content Marketing, Strategic Planning, Surveys, Employee satisfaction

3 Strategies to Grow Your Business in 2018 – Part II

Posted by Andrea Lyons on Jan 12, 2018 10:58:29 AM

As the saying goes, there’s no time like the present. When the end of the year rolls around, the best way to prepare for business growth in 2018 is to complete a review of the current strategies that have brought about success. Being proactive about your business’s short and long-term goals is essential to creating a blueprint for the new year that will lead to development and increased revenue.

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Topics: Marketing Best Practices, Finding Audiences, Buyer Personas, Social Media, Lead Generation, Engagement, Strategic Planning

3 Strategies to Grow Your Business in 2018 - Part I

Posted by Andrea Lyons on Jan 3, 2018 12:55:27 PM

 As the saying goes, there’s no time like the present. As the new year begins, the best way to prepare for business growth in 2018 is to complete a review of the current strategies that have brought about success. Being proactive about your business’s short and long-term goals is essential to creating a blueprint for the new year that will lead to development and increased revenue.
 

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Topics: Marketing Best Practices, Buyer Personas, Lead Generation, Engagement, Strategic Planning, Business Development