# Tools for Tomorrow: A Practical Guide to Strategic Planning for Voluntary Organisations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/tools-tomorrow-practical-guide-strategic-planning-voluntary-organisations/
- Published: 2012-12-12T00:29:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Planning for your organisation’s future is now more important than ever. Without
thinking strategically, how can you hope to fulfil your mission and survive in difficult
times?**

Strategic planning can be a daunting topic, but _Tools for Tomorrow_ guides you 
through the process, step by step.

The 2013 edition contains 27 invaluable tools and good practice guides spread over
six sections, each covering a different part of a strategic planning cycle.

– **Stage 1:** Getting the direction right: Being sure about where you are going,
your desired future and whether this is the right future for your organisation.

– **Stage 2:** Environmental analysis: Assess the challenges and opportunities that
your organisation is likely to face, as well as how fit it is to carry out its work.

– **Stage 3:** Options and choice: Explore options for achieving the desired future.
Not just about choice, but also priority, feasibility and risk assessment.

– **Stage 4:** Planning: Take stock, review all the information, sort it and get
down to the basics of planning the next steps in detail.

– **Stage 5:** Implementation: Once decisions have been made about the future direction,
the goals, targets and outcomes need to be built into the organisation’s everyday
life.

– **Stage 6: **Evaluation: Progress needs to be assessed at appropriate reporting
intervals to make sure things are on track.

The book also includes a comprehensive resources section, with guidance on running
focus groups, workshops and away days, as well as a detailed list of further written
and online materials to help you take your planning further.[](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/tools-tomorrow-practical-guide-strategic-planning-voluntary-organisations/void(0))

With a foreword by Denise Fellows and Karl Wilding.