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Virtual Series: Facilitating Strategic Planning --
Course Schedule

NOTICE: The enrollment period is closed.

We recommend that you bookmark this page for your reference during the Series.

For the Term: June-August 2016

The dates for the following courses apply only to this eight-week term. CDI aims to provide this Series every 2-3 months.

Core Courses

You must complete the Series by August 15, 2016.

The deadlines mentioned below pertain only to the Certificate Track, and refer to the end of that day (12:00 a.m., Central Time zone,
or GMT-6). Participants in the Audit Track can proceed through the Series at their own pace.

  1. Start of enrollment period for this term ---- June 2
  2. Course 1: Facilitating Group Problem-Solving and Decision-Making (See Note 1 below) ---- Starts June 2
  3. Course 2: An Overview of Sensible Strategic Planning ---- June 30
  4. Course 3: Customizing Your Strategic Planning Process ---- July 6
  5. Course 4: Deciding Your Strategic Priorities ---- July 13
  6. Course 5: Making Assignments and Monitoring Your Strategic Plan ---- July 20
  7. Deadline to submit the “Template to Customize … ” (for the Certificate Track) ---- July 30
  8. Deadline to submit the sample Strategic Plan (for the Certificate Track) ---- July 30
  9. Deadline to complete the Series -- August 15
  10. Deadline for faculty to grade the Template and the Plan -- August 15
Notes:
  1. The "Facilitating Group Problem-Solving and Decision-Making" course is first in the Series because the facilitator's responsibility is first to ensure high-quality facilitation, while adapting it to the process of strategic planning.)

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