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	Effective groups and organizations have clear goals and objectives and are focused on working toward accomplishing these. Choosing Our Direction is a strategic planning tool for groups or organizations to become more effective by developing or redeveloping such goals and objectives for their future. It helps groups identify who they are, what they currently do, what they want to do in the future, and develop a usable plan for getting there. The workbooks in the Choosing Our Direction program are designed to be used sequentially are are intended to provide a framework for strategic planning.
Program materials (in PDF format)
Participant Workbooks
	Setting The Stage: A Primer on Strategic Planning (Initial assessment; is strategic planning for your organization?)
	#1 What Do We Do Now? (Introduction to strategic planning, assessing organizational structure)
	#2 What Shapes Our Future? (Forces affecting the organization; stakeholder perceptions; strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)
	#3 What Are We Going to Do? (Goals, objectives, mission and vision exercise)
	#4 Making It Happen (Implementation plan; action steps; timeline; evaluation)

Extra Worksheets (copies of worksheets from the workbooks)
	Setting the Stage worksheets
	Workbook #1 worksheets
	Workbook #2 worksheets
	Workbook #3 worksheets
	Workbook #4 worksheets

How to Apply
	To have a Choosing Our Direction program for your group or organization, contact your local Penn State Cooperative Extension office.