Thursday, November 12, 2020
11:00am – 12:15pm Pacific
You’re trying to lead an organization that’s struggling because external factors keep shifting the landscape you operate in. People are looking to you for answers, and you’re having trouble coming up with new solutions. Meanwhile, key donors and partners could be drifting away due to inattention and you’re worried about income.
Join this interactive workshop about how ‘Scenario Planning’ can help! You’ll discover how inviting others in to help problem-solve can add imagination and dimension to your options and unearth new opportunities for generating revenue and jump-starting organizational momentum.
In this 75-minute conversation, we’ll explore:
- What scenario planning is and isn’t
- How it could benefit your organization, especially during the pandemic
- What kinds of challenges it can help address
- Which stakeholders would be useful to engage (both internal and external) and
- How to initiate the process in your organization
Facilitators Scott Harrison and Susan Howlett have been helping all kinds of nonprofits imagine new ways forward for decades, and are fired up about the fresh perspectives that scenario planning can bring to your challenges.
Susan Howlett has been strengthening nonprofits for 45 years, as a board member, development director, executive director, and consultant to thousands of organizations across the continent. Author of two award-winning books (Getting Funded and Boards on Fire), Susan has been lead faculty in a year-long program on nonprofit leadership at the University of Washington since 1990. She facilitates dozens of board retreats each year, and speaks regularly at regional and national conferences, known for offering practical solutions to thorny problems, delivered with humor, stories, and chocolate.
Celebrated as a leader with “imagination and ambition” by the LA Times, Scott Harrison has secured tens of millions of dollars in funding for arts organizations nationwide while designing initiatives that are changing cultural practice and audience engagement via program impact, accessibility & inclusivity, creativity & learning, and innovation & entrepreneurship. He has led multiple organizations through uncertain times with a focus on culture and creativity, helping them build compelling cases for their futures, inspire stakeholders to contribute more, weather changing environments with resolve and clarity, adopt equitable practices to confront historical barriers of exclusion and create space for new voices, embrace media opportunities, and enhance regional and international visibility. Currently working with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra as interim executive director and senior strategic facilitator, Scott is also a founding board member and secretary of BLUME Haiti, which helps young Haitians find their voice through programs and partnerships that strengthen the country’s music education ecosystem and expand access to learning.