STRATEGIC DOING INITIATIVE

In March of 2017, the Dane G. Hansen Foundation trustees announced support of the Strategic Doing initiative in NW Kansas. All of the 26 counties the Foundation serves are participating in the process.

Background

After three years of funding unrestricted County-wide grants, the Trustees wanted to challenge counties to think longer term and really consider how these county-wide funds could be used to support both preservation and growth in our NW Kansas communities. Strategic Doing and Betty Johnson’s facilitation skills have been provided as a tool to help counties learn a process for this broader thinking.

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.

Using simple but important questions: What could we do? What should we do? What will we do? and What’s our 30/30?, Strategic Doing enables leaders to design and guide new networks that generate innovative solutions. It is a strategy discipline that is lean, agile and fast—just what organizations, communities and regions need to survive and thrive.

To help continue the work, the Foundation contracts with Betty Johnson & Associates to include additional community meetings, support on specific projects working through the process, and training to create additional support people for future projects.

About Betty Johnson & Associates

Betty Johnson, CFRE, president of Betty Johnson & Associates, has worked with various types and sizes of nonprofits throughout her career doing fund raising, capital campaigns, marketing and communications, staff and volunteer management. Collaboration and teamwork have always been key to the success her teams have enjoyed.

Her work as a consultant has included various types of nonprofits including social service agencies, community development, agricultural organizations, hospitals, churches, community foundations, schools, and art organizations that have local, regional, state, and national constituencies. She has traveled the country working with donors, corporations, and foundations to create partnerships and funding to enhance nonprofit organizations. Her style and personality allows her to relate to people of various backgrounds and experience.

She is a northwest Kansas native, and a graduate of Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, with a degree in Speech with minors in theatre and journalism. She is a TOPS Facilitator, and certified in Strategic Doing. She has raised millions of dollars for the nonprofit sector and trained thousands of nonprofit staff members, board members, and volunteers.

Email Betty at: bettyjohnsonassociates@yahoo.com

For more information on the Strategic Doing Process, visit strategicdoing.net.