Strategic planning: Making right decisions during difficult economic times

Key Learnings:

After the session the participants will …

• have explored good practice in terms of strategic planning, with a specific focus on the current challenging economic landscape experienced across the third sector.
• have discussed practical examples of where strategic planning processes have worked well.
• have a chance to think about what might be best for their organisation by working with peers during the session.

This event is for CEOs, directors, board members and those with leadership responsibilities within organisations.

In this session, we will look at the principles of good strategic planning. We will look at the questions and challenges the difficult economic climate is giving us and we will consider how we can be brave and bold as we build an organisation that is focused on delivering impact into the future. Participants will have a chance to explore their own hopes and fears thought asking questions and discussion.

Judith Turbyne has spent most of her professional life working in and with the charity sector where she has focused on international development, supporting charities challenging global poverty and inequality. She worked in Latin America and the Caribbean for many years, in local frontline organisations and with multinational funders, before moving to Dublin to work as CEO of Progression Ireland. Judith returned home to Scotland in 2013 as Head of Engagement with the Scottish Charity Regulator where she had the pleasure of working with many charities across Scotland. Judith joined Children in Scotland in 2021

This training will be free for Members and £25 for non-members.

To access the free member ticket, please input your promo code when booking via the ‘insert promo code’ function. If you are unsure whether your organisation are members, please check the list below. If your organisation does appear on the list of members below but you do not know your promo code, please ask your organisation or drop us an email.

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If you attend this training as a non-member, reach out within 30 days of the training and recieve a £25 discount on your membership!

Please note that all local authority staff working from both headquarter and regional offices including senior management are included in membership and can register as members for discounted training with Children in Scotland. Membership does not extend to schools and nurseries within individual local authorities. If you are interested in your school or nursery becoming a member, please visit here.

Members are responsible for applying their discount at the time of purchasing a ticket, discounts cannot be applied after the ticket has been purchased.

This training will be delivered using Zoom. You can attend from anywhere using a compatible computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone connected to the internet.

Please note, some organisations have additional security settings that may prevent you from accessing Zoom on a work device.

Please check that your organisation permits access to Zoom. If they don’t provide access, we encourage you to use a personal device with Google Chrome instead. Otherwise, please speak to your IT team to gain access or ask them to change the security settings on your work device to access Zoom.

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1. Click the “CC Live Transcript” button
2. Click one of the following:

• Show Subtitles – Displays captioning on the bottom of the video. You can also select Hide Subtitle once subtitles are selected to hide them.
• View Full Transcript – Opens a panel/pop-up and displays captions in real-time with both the speaker’s name and time stamp.

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