If you’re the leader of a small nonprofit, you probably have a pretty good idea what your strategic goals are for the next three to five years for your organization, but does anyone else?  I find that leaders of small nonprofits—who are often the founders—sometimes have a difficult time articulating their strategic vision in a manner that staff, board members, clients, and other stakeholders understand it.

That’s why I suggest building a strategy map—a one-page view of your strategic objectives—to help communicate that strategic vision.  The following is a pretty simple six-step approach to putting your strategy on paper in the format of a strategy map.