Sheridan County Strategic Doing Initiative
Understanding Strategic Doing
Since 2017, SCCF has been charged by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation with convening our community members and conducting the Strategic Doing Initiative. With the assistance of Betty Johnson, Strategic Doing Consultant, we have conducted several Strategic Doing meetings over the years in which community members have discussed the "good" and "bad" and explored ideas for betterment. Strategic Doing project committees have been created to then explore the validity of various projects and ultimately take them from idea to fruition.
What is Strategic Doing?
Strategic Doing teaches people how to form collaborations quickly, move them toward measurable outcomes and make adjustments along the way. In today's world, collaboration is essential to meet the complex challenges we face. Strategic Doing enables leaders to design and guide new networks that generate innovation solutions. It is a new strategy discipline that is lean, agile and fast--just what organizations, communities and regions need to survive and thrive.
Why we do Strategic Doing?
Each County's Community foundation (or Hansen grant review committee) has an agreement with the Hansen Foundation. In that, the Foundation agreed to offer additional unrestricted grant funds through 2021 for counties that "participate in and continue to pursue in good faith the goals and objectives of the Strategic Doing Initiative."
The Hansen Foundation Trustees hope the opportunity for additional funds will allow counties to think beyond the immediate. It is the expectation of the Trustees that the first facilitated meetings are only the start of the work that can, and hopefully will, happen in our counties. The community meetings are designed to get things started, the strategic part of you will. the doing part will happen both now and into the future!
To help continue the work, the Hansen Foundation has extended the contract with Betty Johnson & Associates to include additional community meetings, support on specific projects working through the process, and training to create additional support for the future projects.
Resources
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SWOT Analyses and First Impressions Survey
Learn from the past and present community assessments. Linked below are resources for SWOT Analyses (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) completed over the years as well as the K-State Extension & Research's
First Impressions Survey of Hoxie,KS..
