Spend less time planning and more time taking action! In this session, we'll introduce a simplified approach to strategic planning that emphasizes flexibility, transparency, and inclusiveness. Learn how to establish priorities that align with your organization's purpose and desired results, develop actionable goals, and communicate your roadmap for the future. Whether you're a seasoned planner or new to planning, you can gain the tools and techniques to engage your community and streamline your strategic planning process.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this class, students will be able to:
Explain the importance of strategic planning as a community activity.
Describe a simplified strategic planning process.
Delineate strategies for creating a transparent process and communicating about your plan.
Instructor - Jami Yazdani
Jami Yazdani started her library career in circulation roles before earning her MLIS, and has been a reference librarian, technology librarian, library manager and library director. Jami is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 17 years of experience managing complex projects and planning initiatives, leading technology innovations and process improvements, and guiding (sometimes reluctant) groups of diverse colleagues and stakeholders towards consensus and positive outcomes. After more than 15 years in libraries, Jami founded Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation to help people solve management problems. She turned her passion for supporting the development of leaders at all levels and her experience in leading projects, teams and trainings into a solutions-focused approach to project and management consulting.
Jami holds a Master’s of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University and a Master’s of Technology Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
Intended Audience
- State library and/or archives agency
- Network/consortia
- Public library
- Academic library: 4 year and graduate
- Special Library
- Museum
- Academic library: 2 year
- Government library
- Archives
- Historical Society / Site
Lyrasis Learning events are delivered using the Zoom videoconferencing platform and will have AI-generated captions available. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available upon request. If you need ASL or other accommodations to support your participation in the course, please contact us at es@lyrasis.org at least 2 weeks in advance of the event or as soon as possible.