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
There is power in knowing where you are going. You may have heard the well-known maxim, “You can have the best airplane in the world or the most sophisticated ship, but if the pilot or captain doesn’t know where you’re going, you won’t ever get there.”
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Topics:
Strategic Planning,
Business Development,
Surveys,
School Districts,
Government,
Communications
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
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

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
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
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