Strategic Planning Update
Visioning from a Position of Abundance
Much hard work has occurred since I introduced CAMP Rehoboth’s 2023 strategic planning process last February, so it’s high time to share an update on our progress.
To refresh, strategic planning involves both strategic visioning and strategic road mapping. It begins with data collection and research, involves visioning (suspending our knowledge of “reality” and thinking from a position of abundance, to answer the question, “If resources were not a limiting factor, where would we like to be?”), and ends in creative cartography (mapping how we are going to get from where we are to where we want to be).
What better time of year to suspend our knowledge of “reality” and think from a position of abundance than the start of the summer season? Not only is June Pride Month, but Letters editor Marj Shannon reminds us that International Juggling Day is almost upon us (June 17), Ice Cream Soda Day follows swiftly thereafter (June 20), and International Picnic Day falls in between the two. Only in the summer do we have such a happy confluence of events to inspire our imagination of exactly what abundance looks like, from both a personal and an organizational perspective!
CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, including the Board of Directors, staff, and myriad volunteers, is becoming practiced in shooting for the moon, as evidenced by the outpouring of time, treasure, and good will during the historically successful Women’s FEST this past April, and the successful recruitment of new Executive Director Dr. Kim Leisley this past May. But as proud and thankful as I am about these two incredible milestones, I also realize they are just the beginning.
Accordingly, this past spring, the Strategic Planning Task Force, guided by strategic planning consultant Dr. Michela Perrone of MMP Associates, has been laser-focused on completing the organizational scan. This first phase of strategic planning involves collecting the data needed for the Board to gain a shared understanding of the status quo, namely, what folks think CAMP does well, how we can better serve the community, and what are key recurring themes and concerns.
Not only have we completed extensive research about organizations which are operating in the same or concurrent spaces (the landscape analysis), but we have also conducted an extensive array of focus groups and one-on-one interviews (many thanks to all who have participated thus far). Dr. Perrone reported from the interviews she conducted that, “The interviews went extremely well. You certainly have committed and insightful donors!” Now that’s good news.
We now need one last set of data, and this, Dear Readers, is where you come in. In the next days and weeks, we will be distributing a community-wide survey in which you will have a chance to participate! Professionally crafted by MMP Associates, the survey will be distributed to everyone who is a subscriber to the CAMP Rehoboth listserv. Participants will have a month or so to respond, and it’s critically important that we receive as many responses as possible.
So, while you are celebrating June by participating in Pride festivities, practicing your juggling skills on the beach, or sipping on that ice cream soda while picnicking in the summer sun, won’t you consider participating in the community survey?
Be sure that you are on CAMP’s listserv by contacting Communications Manager Matty Brown (matty@camprehoboth.com), and when your survey hits your inbox, fill it out. Think from a position of abundance and help us expand on our current trajectory of visioning even bigger for the future of CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.
Leslie Ledogar is a retired administrative attorney, current Vice President of the CAMP Rehoboth Board, and Chair of the Strategic Planning Task Force.