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  • 2.1C019

    Agile Strategy

    A guide to running strategy as a living system for nonprofits and social enterprises. It sets out 3 layers: Strategic Direction, which fixes long-term vision and values; Strategic Signals, which capture new insights and changes in the environment; and Strategic Sprints, focused projects of 2 to 3 months that move the strategy forward. Teams use it with the one-page Agile Strategy Canvas and review the strategy on a regular cycle.

    EmergingKey manual or guideFreeNonprofit Builder tool
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    How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice

    A Nonprofit Quarterly article arguing that conventional, top-down strategic planning clashes with the values of social justice organisations. It proposes three shifts: towards liberatory approaches to strategy, towards strategy as a guiding compass that can change with conditions, and towards ongoing strategic management through the year. It draws on examples from re:power and the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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    Building a Strategic Learning and Evaluation System for Your Organization

    A guide from FSG on making evaluation systematic and tied to strategy across an organisation. It covers the parts of a strategic learning and evaluation system: an evaluation vision, a learning culture, clear strategy, coordinated activities and a supportive environment. It explains how to frame learning questions for 1 to 3 years and decide what to evaluate, when, and how to use findings. A webinar and slides accompany it.

    Start hereClassicKey manual or guideFree with sign-up

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