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No. 2 Executives/COOs SIG: Operationalizing Your Association's Strategic Plan


Join us for an insightful webinar tailored to association staff tasked with the critical responsibility of translating strategic blueprints into actionable realities. In "Operationalizing Your Association's Strategic Plan," we delve into the art and science of effective strategy implementation.

Designed exclusively for the No. 2/COO SIG community at Association Forum, this webinar equips you with indispensable insights into streamlining processes, aligning resources, and fostering a culture of execution excellence. Learn from seasoned experts about transforming abstract strategies into day-to-day operations, ensuring seamless coordination among multiple departments, and fostering agile adaptability to navigate changes along the way.

Through real-world examples, interactive discussions, and practical frameworks, you'll gain a deep understanding of aligning stakeholder engagement with strategic goals, maximizing the utilization of technological tools, and creating performance metrics that matter. Elevate your strategic prowess and drive your association towards unparalleled success by attending this essential webinar. Your role as a strategy enabler starts here.

Learning Objectives:

  • Craft Actionable Operational Plans: Develop comprehensive strategies for translating high-level organizational goals into practical and actionable plans, ensuring clear direction for teams and departments while maintaining alignment with the association's overarching vision.
  • Manage Expectations: Effectively manage staff and Board expectations of what is realistic for strategy implementation and how often updates will happen.
  • Build a Culture of Execution: Cultivate a culture of accountability, ownership, and collaboration within the organization by learning strategies to foster engagement, communication, and cross-functional coordination, promoting successful strategy execution and adaptability in the face of evolving challenges.
This program may be applied for 1 credit toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements.