Strategic Doing: A New Tool for Park Foundations

Strategic Doing: A New Tool for Park Foundations

Presented by Dr. Nathan A. Schaumleffel, CPRP, CNP, CFRM, CVA, CYSA

March 15, 2022 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Central Time

The cornerstone of a park foundation, friends group, conservancy, or public lands partner is the board of directors. One of the BoardSource ten roles and responsibilities of nonprofit boards is “to ensure effective organizational planning by actively participating in an overall planning process and assisting in implementing and monitoring the plan’s goals.” This session will reinforce the inextricable link between the strategic plan of a supporting organization and the public park and recreation agency’s master and/or strategic plan. This session will introduce the principles of strategic doing, an agile process of “continuous iteration of experiments to figure out ‘what works’” for collaboration among “open, loosely connected networks” throughout a community.