Chart Your Course
Through Uncertainty
Stay focused and ready to act—no matter what the future brings
Uncertainty is the water we’re all sailing in right now. The winds shift, the tides change, and familiar landmarks disappear. But your mission still matters — and your organization still needs to move forward.
It may feel impossible to plan when you are experiencing such uncertainty. You are just trying to get through the day, the week, or past the next board meeting.
Yet you need to be able to:
align your team
stay focused on how you are moving your mission forward.
react quickly and with confidence
Instead of feeling battered by the latest wave.
Scenario Planning is like setting your compass and charting your maps before the storm hits. You’ll explore multiple routes, prepare for different conditions, and strengthen your crew’s confidence in navigating whatever lies ahead.
Reconnecting to your agency
Scenario planning is a strategic tool that helps you and your organization prepare for uncertainty by imagining a range of possible futures and exploring how you might respond.
By engaging in scenario planning, you and your team will:
Explore a wider range of options.
Come to a shared agreement on where to put your energy and focus moving forward.
Build muscle memory for what might come and be better prepared if and when it does.
Get yourself out of overwhelm and reconnect to your sense of agency.
Your team and organization will move from
“just getting through” to confidence and clarity for momentum.
Just getting through
Disheartened overwhelm
Reacting to the crisis du jour
Second guessing the decisions you do make
Shared agreement and alignment on where to put energy moving forward
More confidence in your decisions
Greater clarity on what is within your organization’s control
So that together you are ready to take action to shape your future.
“For the first time all of the things that have been swirling began to come together and solidified. We are much more aligned in our vision and values and goals and that everyone seems ready to make changes to better come together.”
We need you at your best.
I believe that nonprofit leaders need to feel a grounded confidence in grappling with what the world is throwing at them right now.
Your mission is important - we can’t afford for our ships to be overwhelmed by the waves and capsized. Your ship needs to keep sailing forward
Scenario planning is designed for working with uncertainty and chaos. By imagining a series of possible futures and then identifying what you might do about each, you take control of the helm, set direction and are ready to tack with the wind as you need to.
“With so much that is uncontrollable, we identified the things we can influence.”
What you can expect from the process
Scenario Snapshot
Onboarding call
Two facilitated sessions
(2.5 hours and 2 hours)
Output from the meetings
Debrief & Next steps
$2750
Scenario Lab
Onboarding call
Three facilitated sessions
(2@ 2.5 hours + 1 hour)
including action planning
Output of meetings including:
Draft action plan
Debrief & Next steps
Scenario Blueprint
Onboarding and planning calls
Stakeholder survey
Three facilitated sessions
(2@ 2.5 hours + 2 hours)
including action planning
identifying decision criteria
Output of meetings including:
Draft action plan
Strategy Screen
Debrief and Next Steps
$5400
Pricing assumes all meetings/sessions are held virtually. Reach out for in person pricing.
$3900
“We shifted from playing whack-a-mole to building our road map.”
Frequently Asked
Questions
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Being intentional about where you are focusing your energy helps everyone feel more energized about your mission and work. You can make choices about how you react to this moment. Scenario planning is a strategy tool that helps you build confidence in the face of uncertainty.
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It is very challenging to take a pause and think through your options. This provides you a well designed process to bring your team together to have a focused and productive conversation. You will walk away with greater clarity on how to respond to this moment.
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Ideally, a mix of voices — staff, board, and sometimes key partners. Including a diversity of perspectives enriches the discussion and ensures your organization’s responses are grounded in reality and shared understanding.
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Scenario planning doesn’t require mountains of research. It’s about exploring possibilities together, using the knowledge your team already has.
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Scenario planning complements your plan — it doesn’t replace it. It helps you pressure-test your strategies and make your existing plan more resilient in the face of change.
Reach out to schedule
a Discovery Call.
Your mission deserves a steady hand on the helm.
Choose the scenario planning option that will help your team stay focused, aligned, and ready for what’s next.
Build:
Shared clarity and alignment: move from reactive decision making to greater confidence
Confidence in uncertain times: pause, reassess and respond intentionally
Readiness to pivot strategically: identify early warning signs and be ready
Renewed energy and focus: reconnect to your purpose
Scenario Snapshot
$2750
Scenario Lab
$3900
Scenario Blueprint
$5400
Pricing assumes all meetings/sessions are held virtually. Reach out for in person pricing.
Curated Resources
A collection of podcast episodes and articles to improve your knowledge of strategic planning and evaluation design for nonprofits.
