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Mar 3, 2010 ... Malphurs begins Advanced Strategic Planning by identifying the following problem, endemic among American churches. The “life cycle” of many ... Book Review: Advanced Strategic Planning, by Aubrey Malphurs Owen Strachan is a theology professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the author of Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind. You can find him on Twitter at @ostrachan. It’s always refreshing to read the work of a man who loves the local church, and Aubrey Malphurs, a church planting consultant and Dallas Seminary professor, surely does. The whole purpose of his book Advanced Strategic Planning is to help local churches become healthy and biblical. He hopes to do this through the process of strategic planning. Malphurs begins Advanced Strategic Planning by identifying the following problem, endemic among American churches. The “life cycle” of many churches is reflected in what is called a “Sigmoid curve,” or an S-curve, in which a church begins well, trends up, but eventually declines. He summarizes the problem this way: “The message or lesson of the sigmoid curve is that all good things (and even some bad things) end…Even brand-new institutions and organizations such as a church will, in time, plateau and then die. No matter what institution it is, organizational “dry rot” sets in. The institution becomes brittle, ceases to function, and expires” (11). What’s the solution for this sad situation? The church must “launch new S-curves” (14), a process carried out through the work of strategic planning. In strategic planning, one goes about “discovering your core values; developing a mission, a vision, and a strategy,” and then implementing this knowledge (14).
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Mar 5, 2019 ... We collected 100+ exciting corporate event planning ideas to use for your events. North of 100. Because we know you know how to run events. Advanced Corporate Event Planning Guide (2020 edition) Seriously, how can you get advice on planning events for the most demanding audiences out there? You probably know it all. Yet the world is not perfect and attendees, especially corporate event attendees, get bored very easily. So, I got my team together to think how can we help you running successful corporate events. This is the plan we came up with: First, we collected 100+ exciting corporate event planning ideas to use for your events. North of 100. Because we know you know how to run events. Sometimes you just want that unexpected twist that makes attendees go wow. No worries, we got your back. Then, we created an advanced corporate event planning checklist. Probably the most comprehensive ever created on the subject. Ok, but before we start, let’s make things clear and look at what we mean by corporate planning, what it means to plan corporate events and the different aspects you should consider when planning corporate events as opposed to regular events. What is a Corporate Event and Why is it Different? Corporate event planning is different from other forms of event planning Events in a corporate environment are usually tools to market externally or internally a message proposed by the brand, the company, the boss. The common denominator of corporate events is the use of events as tools to change internal company behavior or external behavior of customers towards the brand, company or products of the company in question.
Apr 21, 2015 ... The Advanced Strategic Planning and Policy Program, or ASP3, develops field grade officers as strategic planners and future senior leaders. phantomjs://platform/webpage.js:286 in _onPageOpenFinished phantomjs://platform/webpage.js:286 in _onPageOpenFinished STAND-TO! UPDATE Beginning May 2022, STAND-TO! will no longer be published on Army.mil and/or distributed to its subscribers. Please continue to learn about the U.S. Army on www.army.mil and follow @USArmy on our social media platforms. Thank you for your continued interest in learning about the U.S. Army. Army Strategic Planning and Policy Program The Advanced Strategic Planning and Policy Program, or ASP3, develops field grade officers as strategic planners and future senior leaders through a combination of practical experience, professional military education and a doctoral degree from a university in a field of study related to strategy. In December 2011, the chief of staff of the Army directed U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s Combined Arms Center to look at different options for producing strategic planners and future senior leaders through a doctorate program. The School of Advanced Military Studies, or SAMS, developed ASP3 and began enrolling students in a pilot program in August 2012. There are currently a total of four annual cohorts (2012-2015) comprising 38 members. Officers from the first three cohorts are attending 18 different universities across the country, including Princeton, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and Duke. Officers later selected as senior service college primaries may receive Military Education Level 1 credit, the Army’s highest level of professional military education, for earlier ASP3 participation.