1. Committee Focus Seminar: Strategic Planning 2/11/17

3. Puddles and Oceans
What are some things you are celebrating in your area? What are any “puddle-like” areas (obstacles, limitations) you feel your team is sitting in that may limit your growth into the next stage for your ministry?

4. Step 1: The Launch Key Strategy Team meets Poll the community
Set timeline for strategic planning
Begin crafting your area’s Long-Range Objective (LRO)
Poll the community
SWOT (key Leaders, Committee, Donors, Campaigner kids, Friends of YL)
Club SWOT at Leadership, Campaigners Evaluations, Club Google Form
Involve the Committee and Leadership teams
Share summary of SWOT results
Poll them about their big dreams for the area and their team
Begin identifying the area Dream Team

5. Step 1: The Launch Key Strategy Team meets again
Plan the details of the Vision Night
Set the first draft of the LRO
Finalize the area Dream Team and invite to Vision Night
Propose the LRO to Committee and Leadership teams

7. What are your big dreams for your YL area?

8. Step 2: The Vision Night
Key Strategy Team and Dream Team come together
Everyone arrives having considered key questions…
What are the 3 (or so) most 'mission critical' area values, principles, and/or characteristics essential for our area to continue to grow?
How are we intentionally reaching out to groups of kids who look different, act different, come from different backgrounds than who we are reaching now?

9. Step 2: The Vision Night Desired outcome for the evening:
Finalize the Long-Range Objective
Begin roughing-in Key Strategies
Set-up deeper involvement with individuals in the community
Questions you are not trying to answer at this point:
Setting Goals and determining Measures
Precise “job roles”
Another SWOT Analysis

10. Vision Night Proposed Agenda
Dinner together/Share connection to the team
Committee Chair Scriptural focus
Area Director Area Report
Facilitator shares limited goal for the night
Small group (prearranged) and large group interaction
What are your Dreams for the area?
Does the LRO fit? Revisions?
What are some Key Strategies to accomplish this LRO?
How can you contribute?

12. Who would you invite to a Vision Night? Jot down actual names!
Your Vision Night
Who would you invite to a Vision Night? Jot down actual names!

13. Step 3: Vision Night Follow-Up
Key Strategy Team meets again
Firm up Key Strategies
Propose Goals and Measures
Plan appropriate follow-up with specific Dream Team members

15. Step 4: Dream Team Follow-Up
Re-gather Dream Team to present:
Final LRO (if changes during Vision Night)
Key Strategies, Goals, and Measures that reflect the team vision
Some people already plugged into certain roles
OR could alternatively present at Committee/Leadership meetings
Ask everyone:
Any final tweaks needed?
What gets you most excited about this?
Where do you see yourself playing a role?

17. Step 5: The Landing
Promoting, engaging, implementing with entire YL Area
Helpful documents for promotion and execution
Case statement
Financial dashboard
Revised “Committee Roles and Responsibilities” sheet
Real Area Examples

18. Final Words Where resources can be found
Printed examples as you leave
chesapeakebayregion.younglife.org
Engaging more of the community to…
Glorify God
Reach more kids
Reach more kinds of kids
Go deeper in discipleship with kids