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Strategic planning expert Catherine Carter digs into the challenges utilities face in developing and executing strategic plans. In this interview, she talks about aligning goals with actions, prioritizing limited resources, and engaging stakeholders for successful implementation. From her experience developing strategic plans with some of the nation’s leading utilities, she shares best practices, common pitfalls, and examples of how strategic planning drives real change for utilities in a changing world.

The strategic planning process can be a big step for many organizations, but oftentimes we find the greater challenge to be the implementation process. Here we share the story of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans' journey with strategic plan development and implementation and offer recommendations for you to use in your own organization.

Ellio uses interactive dashboards and data to help local governments and utilities learn from their peers, plan for their financial futures, and progress toward their goals. Check out these videos to learn how you can use Ellio to help your organization thrive. 

On a scale of always to never, how often does your organization post to social media? If you’re intimidated just by the thought of it, it might be never. If you’re a big fan of communication, it might be always. Every public agency should be using social media regularly and it doesn’t need to be hard.

In 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and provided State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to help communities who experienced financial losses due to the pandemic.

As the new year begins, it’s valuable to take stock of the policies, procedures, and practices you have and evaluate what’s been working and what hasn’t. We polled our staff who lead different Raftelis service areas and asked them to share their predictions for key trends they see coming in 2023.

Join us as we discuss how to integrate your strategic plan into the fabric of your organization to guide your initiatives and accomplish your goals.

Authors: Catherine Carter Developing Priorities and Strategies during a strategic planning process is relatively easy – everyone has ideas about what needs to be improved, and how the organization can be made stronger and better. Holding groups and individuals accountable for making progress toward achieving those Priorities and Strategies over a three- to five-year time […]