As Susy Del Cid Papadopoli and her committee begin to delve into the strategic planning process, it’s good to remember that our strategic plan is a process but it’s also our outline for the story of our club.
Forbes defines a strategic plan as a process that “looks at all the things your small business could do and narrows it down to the things it is actually good at doing. A strategic plan also helps business leaders determine where to spend time, human capital, and money.”
Substitute ‘business for Rotary club” and you have an idea of how powerful our plan can be.
In
an article for
Medium, Keith Krach breaks down the five elements of a ‘powerful strategic plan,’ and defines a strategic plan as “the document that shapes the specific activities you’ll undertake to overcome the challenges you face on the way to your goals. It spells out the logical steps you will take to lead you from the start to the finish of your endeavor.”
So, that brings us to the crux of it: What are our goals as a Rotary club? What story do we want to tell? Who do we want to be?
That’s up to us to define. And it’s exciting. Rotary is a powerful force in the world, an organization that has almost eradicated Polio. We can also be a powerful force for good in our community, expanding our reach, or narrowing our focus. It’s up to us. I hope you’ll all enthusiastically help create the story of Rotary in the upcoming months and make it a good one.
Stefanie Joy Muscat, director of advancement for the Abbe and next year’s Foundation Chair and 2020’s potential club president, will give her classification talk this Wednesday. I hope you’ll come by and meet Stefanie if you haven’t already.
Don’t forget that if you bring a friend to the meeting, you’ll get an extra poker card. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, come to the meeting! You have a chance to win something cool. We have three more weeks to collect cards.
