Visioning / Strategic Planning
The Visioneering Seminar is a two-day session where you describe
the Lord’s vision for your school in detail. Your consultant will pray
with you, listen intently and act as a scribe to clearly and articulately
write down all of the vivid details God has revealed through you. At
the end of the seminar, you’ll have a clear articulation or re-
articulation of your school’s Purpose, Mission and Core Values.
With your consultant’s guidance, you’ll detail every component of the
vision — from enrollment to staffing to school growth, strategic
planning, land acquisition and even BHAGS — Big, Hairy,
Audacious, Goals. You’ll come away refreshed, with a concise
statement of your vision that compels others to join the vision!
Take this powerful vision to the Prioritization Seminar and enlist other
leader’s help with your vision.
The Prioritization Seminar
The Prioritization Seminar and transfers ownership of your vision to passionate leaders who will help you
accomplish the mission. Using the plan developed from your Visioneering Seminar, your vision is marinated
into the organization.
Your consultant engages your opinion leaders in the development of a strategic plan. GraceWorks’ Biblically-
based but innovative proprietary process transfers the elements of the vision to your stakeholders. In one
afternoon and evening, key leaders will be given the opportunity to define, discuss, and accept ownership of
every element of the vision. Each element will be prioritized and phased by the leadership team based upon
anticipated costs and potential impact. The result is a proactive, implementable phased strategic plan that has
been embraced by all.
“Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.” (ESV)
The Need for Visioneering
“Why does it seem that our school is stuck in third gear? Our caravan is definitely moving, but I’m not sure all of
us are on the same road. It seems that some drivers in our caravan want to make their own roads! And why is
it that we seem to have to ‘start over’ every year?”
The answer is probably in visioneering. It is not the same as “vision.” (A pioneer is not the same as pioneering
— but they are related!)
A clearly articulated vision is crucial for success. However, if your entire team does not buy-in to the vision, its
priorities, its implementation strategies and its rewards, the vision is nothing more than words on paper.
Think of it this way: your team decides to climb a mountain peak. You all agree that it is a great idea and
everyone is physically and mentally prepared. Everyone packs what they each think is the ideal backpack full of
supplies.
Climbing day arrives. Your team is present — except for the three people on Team 2. A quick cellphone call
reveals that they have been waiting for you for over an hour — at the base of a different mountain.
You and your other teams decide to ascend without Team 2. Halfway up, the weather changes. Two of your
team members forgot their parkas and must turn back. Team 3 — the ones without the map and without a trail
guide — takes their own trail that leads around the mountain — an extra 5 miles. At best — a delay; at worst —
a disaster in the making.
Sound familiar? For everyone to summit the peak together, it takes agreement on the same peak (vision), at the
same time (priorities), with the same preparation (training), with the same map (strategy).
It is leadership’s responsibility to craft the vision, set the priorities, provision the team, and guide the process.
Now, imagine a scenario where every team member has the same goal, the same backpack of supplies, the
same map and an ever-present, experienced trail guide. How fast could the team — the entire team — reach
the summit?
GraceWorks calls this Visioneering.
Visioneering Seminar Features
When you complete your Visioneering Seminar, you’ll have:
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A clear articulation of your school’s Purpose, Mission, and Core Values
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Direction on every aspect of your school’s vision — from enrollment to parental involvement, organizational
growth, staffing, architecture, and more
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A vision statement that pictures your “ultimate school”
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A vision of the school’s future impact in the community and beyond
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A concise statement of your school’s BHAGS — Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals
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Specific plans to avoid obstacles that might derail your vision
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The life-giving elements that will enhance your marketing
With these strategic elements, you’ll be ready to share the vision and build a leadership team!
Prioritization Seminar Features
Using the vision from your Visioneering Seminar, your leadership team, guided by your consultant , will
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Transfer ownership of the vision to the leadership team
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Identify Phases for your school plan
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Analyze your clearly articulated vision statement and vision elements
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Assess the costs and impact of your vision elements
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Prioritize and phase the vision elements
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Expand the vision into the organization
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Document your long-term phased strategic plan
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Identify your Project Administrator
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Develop an implementation plan
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Set a follow-up plan to ensure project is on track
Your Visioneering Consultant
Ray Webb, President of Vision Planning
Ray helps pastors, principals, and other ministry leaders discover
God’s purposes and future for their ministries. Dozens of
Christian leaders have described their time with Ray as one of
the most important investments of time they have ever spent.
Every church that has engaged Ray for Vision Planning has
grown – some have doubled in size. In addition, the capital
campaigns that often begin after Visioneering and Prioritization
typically raise two to four times the amount of the annual budget,
which compares to industry averages of 1.5 to 2 times annual
budget.
As a professional musician during his formative years, Ray Webb
received notoriety as a classical musician with the San Francisco
Symphony, the San Francisco Ballet and the San Francisco
Opera Orchestra. As a jazz musician, he could be heard on
KCBS radio every Friday night. Ray was called into fulltime ministry in the early 1990s and has never turned
back, serving local congregations, denominational bodies, ministry associations and support ministries
worldwide.
Ray is also the President of ImpactKidz, which is working ultimate the goal of turning one million orphans into
world leaders through Christian education. To date, he has established 19 schools overseas.
Ray is the author of more than 1,200 pages of materials aimed at fulfilling the Great Commission during our
lifetime through increasing the effectiveness of every evangelical ministry expression within the Body of Christ.
Cast the Vision
Start visioneering now by ordering the Visioneering and Prioritization Program Description and a free, no
obligation consultation. Call (719) 278-9600 extension 200.
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