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Planning for Growth and Impact

Planning for Growth and Impact. Social Impact Exchange – June 18, 2010. Root Cause Mission. Root Cause is a research and consulting firm dedicated to mobilizing the nonprofit, public, and business sectors to work together in a new social impact market. Strategic Plans vs. Business Plans.

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Planning for Growth and Impact

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  1. Planning for Growth and Impact Social Impact Exchange – June 18, 2010

  2. Root Cause Mission Root Cause is a research and consulting firm dedicated to mobilizing the nonprofit, public, and business sectors to work together in a new social impact market.

  3. Strategic Plans vs. Business Plans Strategic Plan Business Plan • Uses an internal point of view • Explores organization’s values, goals, and objectives • Considers work in context of overall need and opportunity in the target social problem • Explores organization’s values, goals, and objectives • Provides a roadmap for growth sustainability, and social impact • Provides a way to monitor and measure performance • Helps develop funding and partnerships • Acts as a communication tool for funders

  4. When to Consider Business Planning As organizations move through the Social Innovation Lifecycle, they periodically arrive at an inflection point where they will benefit from business planning. Early Proven Performance Social Innovation Lifecycle

  5. Defining Business Planning • Need and Opportunity • Social Impact Model • Implementation Strategy • Business Plan Timeline • Phase I Strategy Goals • Organizational Capacity Building • Team and Governance • Financial Sustainability • Marketing • Technology • Public Policy • Performance and Social Impact Measurement • Risk Mitigation • Phase I Action Plan

  6. Social Impact Model VISION OF SUCCESS MISSION SOCIAL PROBLEM DEFINITION ORGANIZA- TIONAL AND PROGRAM PERFOR-MANCE INDICATORS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT INDICATORS SOCIAL IMPACT STRATEGIES OPERATING MODEL

  7. Four-Step Business Planning Approach

  8. Building Plans on Trust and Partnership

  9. The Business Planning Experience • Coaching • Provide advice as difficult situations arise throughout the planning process • Action While Planning • Allows implementation to occur throughout the planning process, giving the client an opportunity to experience real-time progress and maintain energy for implementation once the plan is complete • Road Show • Opportunity to engaging investors and raise resources for implementing the plan during the planning process • Working Groups • Engage 5-7 key stakeholders in a 7-9 month process to ensure ownership of the plan

  10. Andrew Wolk Founder and CEO Root Cause One Canal Park Cambridge, MA 02141 (617) 492-2300 www.rootcause.org www.andrewwolk.com

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