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      <image:title>Articles - Why you need an experienced facilitator. - Planning takes planning. And it needs the right people involved to be successful.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - Not Everything Counts Equally - Evaluation is about counting the right things</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - A new start - Regular reviews are the key to executing plans</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - Get Active Australia - Tokyo, Brisbane &amp; Covid create unique opportunity</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - The Board's Role in Planning - There is more to planning than just planning!</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - Don’t forget to have some strategy in your strategic plans - The Ansoff matrix is a useful tool when considering growth strategies</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - Goldy Locke and the Three Committees - A variation of a common fairy tale has some relevant lessons for Boards and Committees</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - How Balanced is Your Scorecard? - A useful tool to avoid evaluation blind spots</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - How long is too long? The thorny dilemma of Board term limits - Do Board Chairs have use by dates?</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - A Timely Meeting Tip - Meetings can often be frustrating experiences. Here is a timely tip for improving your meetings.</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - A New Perspective on Old Problems - Sometimes we need to look at things in a different way</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - The Wisdom of Knowing Yourself - Poker player’s useful insight</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.strategicsport.com.au/articles/planning-is-not-a-space-expedition</loc>
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      <image:title>Articles - Planning is not a Space Expedition - In Space no one can hear you plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.strategicsport.com.au/articles/what-makes-good-strategy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-03</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - How Welcoming is Your Club? - You only get one chance to make a first impression</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - A Numbers Game - Sometimes we need to look beneath the surface</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Articles - A New World of Sport - Re-imagining sport in a post-COVID world</image:title>
      <image:caption>by Jak Carroll, Strategic Sport Solutions</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Quarterly Review Template</image:title>
      <image:caption>Regularly reviewing plans is important. This template is a useful resource for conducting quarterly reviews. Click here to download a PDF.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We adopt an approach that is clear and straightforward. We aim to make the process easier for clients so they can focus on getting better results. Click here to download a JPEG</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Big Picture Planning</image:title>
      <image:caption>Many club management committees are so busy with the day-to-day running of their club that they lose sight of the bigger picture. It is important to occasionally take a long-term perspective and dream about where you might want your club to be in 3, 5 or 10 years! Click here to download a PDF</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Sport Governance Checklist</image:title>
      <image:caption>This is a quick checklist of items to assess the governance of your organisation. While it is not a comprehensive list, it does cover key items that should be considered. Click here to download a PDF</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Taking the time to reflect on its own performance can be useful for ensuring a Board doesn’t get complacent and can help re-focus Board members on their important work. One simple way is to go back to basics and assess how your Board is performing in each of its key roles. Click here to download a PDF</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Board Annual Work Calendar</image:title>
      <image:caption>This is a useful tool to ensure that a Board identifies key governance matters that it needs to address during the year. It helps provide a focus for Board meetings and ensures that nothing important is overlooked. Click here to download a Word File</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Effective Board Papers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Boards need to think about the best format for the information they receive from the CEO and others in order to operate effectively. This document outlines a useful format for Board papers. Click here to download a PDF</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Duties of a Treasurer</image:title>
      <image:caption>A Treasurer is a key position in any sport or nonprofit organisation and the role is about more than just managing money. Click here to download a PDF</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - The Balanced Scorecard</image:title>
      <image:caption>This document provides a quick overview of this useful management tool. Click here to download a PDF.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Fundraising Questions</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fundraising can be a challenge for any sport or nonprofit organisation. Thinking through the answers to these questions will help provide a foundation for any fundraising campaign. Click here to download a PDF.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Board Room Tips</image:title>
      <image:caption>Many Boards are so busy “doing meetings” that they sometimes lose sight of the big picture. Boards need to send set expectations, plan their year, take time to think about strategic issues and evaluate themselves. To do all this, the first step is to have a conversation about how they would like to operate and go about their task. Skip this preliminary step and a Board can get caught up in an endless cycle of busy work without being in control of its destiny! Click here to download a PDF.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Tips for Organising Social Sport</image:title>
      <image:caption>Social sport activities are a valuable way of attracting new participants to a sport. This infographic outlines some tips for organising social sport activities. Click here to download a jpeg version</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Resources - Board Evaluation Form</image:title>
      <image:caption>The end of the year is a good time for some Board room introspection! For an organisation to operate effectively the Board needs to operate effectively. Accordingly, it is important to assess the Board’s performance on a regular basis (at least annually). Not only is this assessment important for the Board to improve its performance, but also for demonstrating accountability to stakeholders and maintaining public credibility and trust (Gill et al, 2005). Click here to download a PDF</image:caption>
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