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  Rancho Santa Fe Foundation (RSFF) Plan-to-Plan Report

  Scott Campbell, Karen Gould, Jessica Hanson York, Susan Pyke, and Christy Wilson

  Over the past two months, a USD project team conducted extensive research to inform the strategic planning process of the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation (RSFF). The team identified three key questions that will be important for the RSFF to address as it positions itself for growth. Those questions are: 1) What is the identity of the RSFF, both internally and externally; 2) How should the RSFF define community; and 3) How should the RSFF define growth?

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  San Diego Natural History Museum Strategic Planning Project

  Stephanie DeLong, Maureen Guarcello, Anna Plaster, and Jim Stone

  In January 2009, a team of students from the University of San Diego’s (USD) Nonprofit Leadership and Management conducted a pre-planning exercise to help prepare the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) for its 2012-2022 strategic plan. With an annual attendance last year of more than 600,000 visitors, the Museum is one of the largest cultural institutions in Balboa Park. The consulting team engaged in an extensive discovery process, including a review of the Museum’s current strategic plan1 and preliminary key informant interviews. The results of this discovery process pointed towards a number of themes from which, three key strategic questions were identified and pursued. The consulting team conducted a three-phase process including: review, discovery/analysis, and conclusions /recommendations.

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  Strategic Planning: Plan-to-Plan Final Report

  Mauricio Gonzalez, Karen Seo, Paige Simpson, and Mark Thompson

  In January 2007, a group of USD graduate students in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, selected a San Diego museum for their applied project. The USD team's purpose was to collect data that would be useful to the museum in its strategic planning process and to provide the client with two products: a Plan-to-Plan and this final report.

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  Metro: Strategic Planning & Positioning

  Olivia Gil-Guevara, Wendy Morris, Fred Speece, and Meg Storer

  (Methodist Effort to Reach Out) is an outreach agency of the United Methodist Church (UMC) which provides direct social services and supports community development. This strategic plan was developed by students of EDLD 511.