FREE STRATEGIC PLANNING TOOLS

Your Strategic Planning
Toolkit

Four interactive tools built on the Six Ds Strategic Planning Blueprint — designed to help nonprofits assess readiness, engage stakeholders, build SMART goals, and keep their plans alive.

4
Free Tools
6
Planning Phases
Organizations Served
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TOOL 01FREE

Six Ds Readiness Self-Assessment

Find out exactly where you stand

Answer 30 questions across all six phases of the Strategic Planning Blueprint and receive an instant, personalized Readiness Report with phase-by-phase scores and specific recommendations for your next steps.

30 questions · 5 minutes
Phase-by-phase scoring
Personalized recommendations
No email required
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TOOL 02FREE

Stakeholder Mapping Tool

Know who matters and how to engage them

Map your stakeholders on the Interest/Influence matrix, rate their advocacy position, and generate a printable Stakeholder Analysis Report — the foundation of any effective strategic planning process.

Interest/Influence matrix
Advocacy position rating
Printable analysis report
Engagement strategy for each quadrant
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TOOL 03FREE

SMART Goals Builder

Write goals that are fundable and executable

Build truly SMART goals step by step — Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound — and generate a formatted goals document ready for your strategic plan, grant applications, and board presentations.

Guided 5-criteria framework
Multiple goals in one session
Printable goals document
Completeness scoring
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TOOL 04PREVIEW

Strategic Planning Dashboard

Keep your plan alive after the workbook is done

Track your KPIs, manage your work plan, and generate board-ready progress reports — all in one place. The dashboard turns your strategic plan from a document on a shelf into a living management tool.

KPI tracker with history
Work plan status board
One-click board report generator
Print-ready quarterly reports

How the tools fit together

Each tool corresponds to a phase of the Six Ds Strategic Planning Blueprint. Use them independently or as a complete system.

D1–D2
Self-Assessment
Know where you are before you start
D1–D2
Stakeholder Mapper
Identify and prioritize who matters
D4–D5
SMART Goals Builder
Translate strategy into executable goals
D6
Dashboard
Keep the plan alive through implementation
THE FOUNDATION

Start with the Six Ds Blueprint

All four tools are built on the Six Ds Strategic Planning Blueprint — a comprehensive workbook that guides nonprofits through every phase of strategic planning. Download it free or work through it with expert facilitation.