Do you have a business plan that you and your directors/trustees are working to? Do you have a written document that details your objectives as a charity or nonprofit for the next 12 months to three years?
Running your organisation without a business plan is like getting in the car without putting a postcode in the Satnav.
Where are you going? What will you have achieved once you get there? How are you going to get there? Who will you have in the car with you? Do you have enough charge/petrol/diesel to get you there? If not, how much do you need, and where will you get it from? To go on any journey, you need a roadmap.
More of my work involves planning rather than doing – you can often handle the doing yourself. It’s understanding what needs doing that I can help you brainstorm. Listening to your ideas, asking the “Have you thought of…?”, “What about…?” and “How are you going to do that?” questions.
Make sure you have a ‘work in progress’ business plan with you at all times for your organisation; it is a business, whether you like it or not. Please treat it as one.
For more information relating to the business planning for your organisation, contact - Wendy Ward, Let’s Save Consultancy Services, 0772 9481010. wendy@letssave.biz
