1. What is strategic planning?
2. What are the key concepts and definitions in strategic planning?
3. What are the basic steps in a strategic planning process?
4. What do I need to know before I start the planning process?
5. What are the individual roles in a planning process?
6. How can we do a competitive analysis?
7. What is a strategy and how do we develop one?
8. What should a strategic plan include?
9. How do we increase our chances of implementing our strategic plan?
10. Should I use an external consultant?
11. Should we invest in strategic planning?
12. How do I use retreats in the planning process?
13. Making Growth Work:Planning & Management Guidelines for Nonprofits

Strategic Planning Resources

• Alliance for Nonprofit Management
• American Society of Assoc.Executives
• IKnow
• Internet Nonprofit Center
• Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
• Support Ctr. for Nonprofit Management
• Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Statistics, Data and Key Research (Delaware)

• University of Delaware Community Needs Assessment
  The most comprehensive statewide community needs assessment in over a decade. The assessment identifies the major social and economic issues facing communities, neighborhoods and families, and how these issues can be dealt with effectively by the public, nonprofit and private sectors.  
• Delaware Economic Development Office
  Census, demographic, and key economic data for the entire state and local communities in Delaware.

Statistics, Data and Key Research (National with Delaware info)

• Administration for Children & Families 
• American Hospital Association 
• American Medical Association 
• Bureau of the Census
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Centers for Disease Control
• Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
• Economic Research Service
• Energy Information Administration
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federation of Tax Administrators
• Food & Consumer Service
• Center for Budget & Policy Priorities (Washington, DC)
  A nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people.
• Morgan Quitno Publishing
  This company publishes directories of how state's and cities rank in key socio-economic areas.  
• Redefining Progress
  A nonprofit organization that develops policies and tools that reorient the economy to value people and nature first.  Statistics are primarily geared toward environmental causes