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Scenario Planning Resources

Scenario Planning Resources

For Jewish Communal Professionals

 

 

Scenario planning offers us stories about the future that help us make better decisions today.


These scenarios – and the accompanying planning tools – will help all Jewish communal organizations build our futures, whatever our challenges now. Watch a workshop, look at the workshop slides, or just pick up the scenarios document below and start reading.

SCENARIO PLANNING TOOLKIT

<b>Introduction to JFNA’s Scenario Planning Project</b>: A six minute video that reviews scenario planning and JFNA’s four scenarios.

<b>COVID-19 & Organized Jewish Life: Scenarios for Our Future</b>: The core document that presents the scenarios in full; also includes an introduction to scenario planning.

<b> Accompanying Toolkit of Self-Facilitated Resources for Planning</b>: A full set of exercises that can take any organization through using the scenarios for future-focused planning.

SCENARIO PLANNING WORKSHOPS MATERIALS

Recording from <b>May Introductory Workshop with Matt Ranen</b>

Slides from <b>May Introductory Workshop with Matt Ranen</b>

Recording from <b>July Community Conversation with Matt Ranen</b>

Slides from <b>July Community Conversation with Matt Ranen</b>

Recording from <b>Scenario Planning Session at GA 2020: Planning Ahead When We Don't Know What's Coming</b>

READINGS AND RESOURCES

<b>WHAT IF? The Art of Scenario Thinking for Nonprofits</b>, Diana Scearce, Katherine Fulton and the Global Business Network Community (2004)

<b>The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World</b>, Peter Schwartz (1996)

<b>Video Introduction to Scenario Planning</b>, FreightLab (2011)

RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY WHAT TO STOP DOING

<b>What Do We Say No To</b>, Beth Cousens (2015)

<b>Pulling the Plug</b>, Jim Collins (1997)

<b>The Hedgehog Concept in Social Sectors</b>, Jim Collins (1997)