5 Quick Ideas - Short Term Planning

In any Long Term Plan, you realize the need for some short term plans to achieve goals.  Doing so means bringing in a focused plan to meet a specific need in the short term.  Short term planning as a result is different than long term planning because it focuses on steps toward a destination.
Developing your short term plans becomes easy:

IDEA 1 - KNOW YOUR GOAL
Not just what are you trying to accomplish, but what should it look like, how will it work, what opportunities are likely to arise, how are you going to be able to capitalize on those opportunities, when will you know if you've been successful?

Each of these elements will determine how your short term plan will take shape

IDEA 2 - KNOW YOUR TIMING
Where does this fit in with the overall plan, and are there other activities going on that could conflict with your plans?

IDEA 3 - INCORPORATE OTHER ACTIVITIES
One of the reasons that organizations feel over burdened is because they work in silos too often.  However if you can expand your presence and bring in more departments, activities, efforts, communications, outreaches, etc., then you can start to encourage more success and participation from other areas of the organization.  And they may be doing things that work well with what your goals are in your short term plan.

IDEA 4 - BUILD AND PREP
What was the short term plan just before this?  What is the next one likely to be?  How can you build smart transitions between these efforts?

The idea is that once you are gaining success and support from other efforts, it is only natural to build upon that and bring them in to other works you are doing.  Building your plan on the foundation of what came before, and setting up the efforts that are going to come next is what makes you the most successful.

IDEA 5 - RECOGNIZE YOUR HELP

Often we remember to recognize people at the end of the year.  Start moving your recognition up to projects, events, short term, and other points where people can see that there is a great team on a regular basis making things happen.  This also gives you the opportunity to make sure your volunteers are still engaged.

Short term planning is what makes long term planning successful.  Be sure to incorporate these strategies on the short term to make sure your long term efforts work.

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