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#MEAL PLANNING BOARD SERIES#

Let’s assume you have 7 work group members, who participated in 6 bi-weekly work group meetings leading up to the retreat, and each did about two hours of work every week.

In case you are surprised by this 150 to 200 hours number, let’s do the math. After all, over 200 hours of work have gone into preparing the information for this retreat, but you have a comparatively short amount of time to communicate this information to the board. The primary challenge of the board retreat is to help the board feel like they’ve been part of the strategic planning journey.

Agenda items that can derail your entire retreat Building Board Ownership.

The role of the strategic planning consultant in the retreat.

The role of the work group members in the retreat.

Structuring a retreat to ensure members have buy in.

Since only a portion of the board serves on the strategic planning work group, the board retreat is an incredibly important opportunity to ensure board members share feedback and feel ownership for the emerging strategic plan.

#MEAL PLANNING BOARD SERIES#

This sixth article in our nonprofit strategic planning blog series is about the board retreat.