Strategic Planning Workshops

Offered For Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research Groups


What is strategic planning for research development?

It is a process that allows a group with common interests and goals to visualize and examine the key factors necessary to build and enhance the group's leadership capacity and technical ability.

What does the strategic planning process look like?

Sample Workshop Agenda

9:00	Registration
9:15	Introduction Discuss the workshop's purpose and anticipated outcomes as well as an introduction of participants and their expectations for the day.
9:30	How are we doing? Presentation of data summarizing how the organization or group is doing.
10:00	Vision Through a large group discussion, a vision for the will be explored.
10:45	Break
11:00	Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis Through small group discussion, items in each of these categories will be identified and shared with the large group.
11:45	Mission The group will review the mission of the organization.
12:15	Lunch
12:45	Key Issues and Priorities Participants will identify key issues and set priorities through large and small group discussions.
1:30	Goals for the Key Issues Small groups will be formed around the key issues and the participants will begin to develop goals for the issues.
2:15	Strategies and Action Steps Small groups will begin to develop strategies - the who, what, when, and how - to implement the goals determined in the previous session.
3:00	Presentation of Recommended Strategies
3:30	Conclusion: What's Next? Follow-up steps will be discussed such as developing task groups, setting meeting times, drafting strategies, and setting deadlines for the process.
4:00	Adjourn