The Free Management Library provides a comprehensive guide and introduction to strategic planning including a range of useful links.

Venture Philanthropy Partners funded this McKinsey study on effective capacity building (listed as the second feature on the page accessed by the link) This resource is featured in several areas of IKNOW because of the importance of framing work on any system/process within an organization in line with the mission, strategy, and priorities of the whole and with an understanding of the impacts on the other systems/processes within the organization.If you don't have AdobeAcrobat for reading PDF files, you can download it from Adobe at no charge.

Provided is an example of the framework for a basic strategic plan document for a nonprofit.

Bibliography of Nonprofit Web Sites, covering the basics of strategic planning and its importance.

This article was adapted from two briefing papers by The Conservation Company, Making Growth Work: Planning and Management Guidelines for Nonprofit Organizations and Getting Back in Shape:  Guidelines for Improving the fitness of Established NonProfit Organizations(PDF).

The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool provides a process for nonprofit organizations to clarify mission, define results, set goals, and develop a focused plan.  (The process guide and workbook for use of this tool can be obtained for $35.)

Article by Dennis R. Young of the National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (http://www.nationalcne.org) offers planning advice for staying afloat through a wonderful comparison between the sinking of the Vasa and events that may sink a nonprofit.