For the Best Strategic Planning Facilitators, Look Beyond Your City Limits
- Tom Iselin
- Oct 20, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: 10 minutes ago
For the Best Strategic Planning Facilitators,
Look Beyond Your City Limits
Listen to this podcast and learn a handful of important reasons why you should consider looking beyond your city limits when searching for your next facilitator.
One way to enhance the quality of your board and nonprofit is host a board retreat or strategic planning session. They can improve engagement, performance, governance, and fundraising skills, and they create a roadmap to propel your organization to the next level of impact.
This is all the more reason to hire the best board retreat and strategic planning facilitator you can find at a price you can afford.
Yes, it can be risky to hire a facilitator from outside your region. But it can also open up more possibilities and you may even end up with a facilitator that is more qualified, more experienced, and even less expensive . . . and many will match the fees of a local facilitator.
We all like to buy local produce and hire local contractors to support the people in our communities, but sometimes you get what you pay for . . . which, in terms of board retreats and strategic planning sessions, can mean lackluster results.
Board retreat and strategic planning facilitation is an art, and your retreats or planning sessions are is much too important to skimp on. So before you make a decision, do some thoughtful searching and interviewing outside your region . . . the results just may surprise you.
Tom Iselin
“One of America’s Best Board Retreat and
Strategic Planning Facilitators”
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About the Author
Tom Iselin is recognized as one of America’s leading authorities on high-performance nonprofits. He has built nine sector-leading nonprofits and two software companies, written six books, sits on multiple boards, and has been rated one of America’s Best Board Retreat and Strategic Planning Facilitators. His work on nonprofit strategy, board leadership, and culture has been featured on CNN, Nightline, and in Newsweek.
Tom is the president of First Things First, a firm specializing in board retreats, strategic planning services, fundraising strategy, and executive coaching for nonprofit CEOs.
Board Retreats & Strategic Planning
If you’re looking for a board retreat facilitator or strategic planning facilitator who has been in the trenches and understands real-world nonprofit challenges, Tom can help your board gain clarity, build alignment, and create an actionable plan that improves performance and impact. His sessions propel organizations to the next level of performance and impact . . . and they're fun!
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