Organize Your Neighborhood
Strategic Planning (in nonprofit or for profit organizations)
Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD | Applies to nonprofits and for-profits unless noted
1. Identify neighborhood boundaries
2. Select a core group of people in the neighborhood interested in organizing.
3. Establish a mission/goal(s) reflective of the needs/wants of neighborhood.
4. Research- find out what resources/assets exist in your neighborhood.
- 1. Identify other neighborhood organizations in close proximity and/or with similar goals.
- - - 1. see what worked and did not work for them.
- - - 2. choose one as a mentor.
- 2. Identify and meet with the elected officials in your district/area (i.e. council person).
- 3. Determine which government agencies/departments will be most beneficial to you and your cause.
- 4. How much money, if any, is at your disposal? How much can you access?
5. Recruit others in the neighborhood.
- 1. There is power in numbers.
-2. They can bring fresh ideas to the table.
6. Devise a plan or strategy (depends on mission/goal(s) of your neighborhood
organization).
- 1. How do you plan on tackling issues (if any)?
- 2. Does the plan/strategy address the issue?
- 3. Have all available resources been identified?
- 4. What actions/changes will occur; who will carry them out; when and where will they take place; how do you plan on disseminating information (i.e. who should know what?).
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For more information, please contact Grant Rosenberg at 215-4751 or e-mail us at neighborhoods@knoxcounty.org .
