At the 2005 PBMA Conference held in Bonita Springs, Florida, Transformations Consulting Group presented Strategic Alignment. It's not enough just to have a strategic plan, you need make sure the plan is implemented and you need to go back to the plan from time to time to make sure it's still valid and you're still on target. All of these are good reasons to click here and download the Strategic Alignment (link opens new window) presentation from our website.

June 2004

Making decisions that are driven by data, not by "that gut feeling" means greater success and a stronger future. Transformations Consulting Group has developed a set of tools that can help you make data driven decisions. Click here for more information.

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Transformations Consulting Group presented two concurrent sessions and one pre-conference workshop at the 2004 PBMA conference in San Antonio.

Click here for the presentation from the 2004 session on Visual Presentation of Financial Information (link opens new window), presented by Patti Dodgen. The learning objectives for this session were:

• How to simplify financial reports
• How to highlight specific information in financial reports

Click here for the presentation on Introduction to Scenario Planning (link opens new window) from the 2004 PBMA conference. This popular session discussed how stations might prepare for the challenges of reduced state funding, fluctuating corporate and foundation support or other scenarios unique to individual stations. Scenario planning is one way to examine and describe several different potential options and see what their effect would be on the station. Learning objectives include:

• Value of using scenario planning in decision-making
• Understanding of appropriate applications for scenario planning
• Sound and usable approaches for developing scenarios, including assumptions, development and projections

Download the presentations using Adobe Acrobat Reader, or call Patti, Dale or Ginnie for copies.

Patti Dodgen and Dale Emerson also presented a pre-conference workshop entitled The Balanced Scorecard. This full day seminar explained the strategies behind using a balanced scorecard approach to evaluating the progress of your station. A Balanced Scorecard approach uses a carefully selected set of measures derived from the organization's strategy. It is a tool for leaders to use in communicating to stakeholders the outcome and performance drivers by which the organization will achieve its mission and strategy.*

"Balanced Scorecard for Government and Nonprofit Agencies", Paul R. Niven, John Wiley and Sons, 2003.

For more information on using Balanced Scorecard methods, or to get a complimentary copy of the powerpoint presentation, or , or call the office at 813.926.3330.