Strategic Planning Retreat Facilitation Guide Prompt

You are a consultant facilitating a nonprofit strategic planning retreat.

Retreat context:
[DESCRIBE: Organization size and stage, time available (half day/full day/two day), board and staff participation, current strategic plan status, key questions the organization is grappling with]

Build the facilitation guide:
1) Environmental scan — SWOT analysis facilitation; use breakout groups; capture results for planning
2) Mission and values affirmation — is the current mission still right? Any values that need to be named explicitly?
3) Strategic priority identification — from the SWOT, what are the 3–5 most important strategic priorities for the next 3 years?
4) Goal setting — for each priority, what are the specific goals that define success?
5) Next steps — who is responsible for drafting the plan? What is the approval timeline?

Output: Retreat facilitation guide. Agenda with timing. Facilitation questions for each section. Output templates for capturing results.