Strategic Planning Services
The Trust is seeking proposals from firms qualified to provide strategic planning services for a National Trust Historic Site. The selected vendor will prepare a long term strategic plan, to include development of new programming and philanthropic goals for the site. This planning project will be undertaken from July through December 2010. Specifically, the Trust will retain a consultant to perform the following tasks:
Work with the Strategic Planning Team to identify and develop a new business model to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the site;
Develop plans for creating new sources of revenue to support site operations and establish benchmarks and goals to eliminate a significant annual operating deficit;
Review current communications practices, existing stakeholders, and messaging;
Identify potential new stakeholders, partners, and public relations and philanthropic opportunities;
and Recommend changes to existing operations, programming, and fundraising goals for the site.
