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Innovative Approaches to Implementing your Strategic Plan: The Power of Strategic Doing

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Delivered April 9, 2025
Presented by Liz Nilsen, Acting Director of the Agile Strategy Lab | Ellen Koski Assistant Director for Strategic Planning

Many institutions face challenges in evolving traditional, and often ineffective, planning processes into fully participatory systems that use collaborative methods and techniques for improving outcomes. We’ll illustrate how Northern Michigan University (NMU) is using Strategic Doing methodology to advance strategic action plan tactics, organize loosely connected networks, and increase collaboration and effectiveness. Come learn how to use a structured methodology with loosely affiliated cross-functional teams to drive greater results, increase accountability, and support impactful strategic plan implementation.

What This Webinar Will Cover:

  • Applying Strategic Doing to organize cross-functional teams and networks.
  • Enhancing collaboration and accountability in strategic planning.
  • Case study of NMU’s approach and its effectiveness.

    Learning Outcomes:

    1. Define a systematic multi-step process that yields both immediate results and longer term institutional culture changes, including setting ground rules, framing conversations, identifying assets, and increasing efficiency and effectiveness.
    2. Identify where you can apply the Strategic Doing methodology in strategic planning.
    3. Assess the effectiveness of NMU’s strategic planning and implementation processes and how you can apply them to your own institutional challenges.

    Presenters:

    Liz Nilsen, Acting Director of the Agile Strategy Lab, Northern Alabama University
    Ellen Koski, Assistant Director for Strategic Planning, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Northern Michigan University

    Member Price: Free | Non-member Price: $45 USD

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