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STRATEGIC PLANNING & RESEARCH

Crafting Smarter Strategies Through Data and Dialogue

We help organizations grow with clarity - using participatory facilitation, deep audience understanding, and rigorous data analysis to help organizations plan for growth, resilience, and impact.

What We Do

  • We lead organizations through co-creative strategic planning processes that clarify direction, align stakeholders, and build actionable frameworks for the years ahead:

    • Facilitate visioning and strategic planning sessions with staff and board

    • Develop clear strategic priorities, outcomes, and KPIs

    • Conduct organizational SWOT, gap, and PESTLE analyses

    • Align strategic outcomes with community context and values

  • We transform vision into real-world action plans that align resources, staffing, and operations to your strategic direction:

    • Design detailed operational roadmaps with timelines and role clarity

    • Develop financial models and scenario plans to evaluate investment and sustainability

    • Build resourcing and revenue strategies (earned income, grants, partnerships)

    • Support board alignment and internal rollout

  • We design and conduct inclusive, mixed-methods research that brings in the voices of the people you serve:

    • Custom survey design and deployment for broad and targeted audiences

    • In-depth interviews with staff, stakeholders, and community members

    • Focus groups and co-creation sessions (virtual or in-person)

    • Synthesis of qualitative and quantitative data into key themes and actionable insights

  • We help you unlock the insights hiding in your CRM, ticketing system, and audience databases:

    • Analyze longitudinal data from CRM, ticketing, email, or donation platforms

    • Segment audiences by behavior, demographics, or lifecycle stage

    • Visualize trends and identify opportunities across programs or time periods

    • Recommend improvements to internal data collection systems and strategy

What Our Partners Say

"Sympl Solutions exceeded our expectations with their tailored strategic digital planning and digital marketing execution for our non-profit organization. Their team's dedication, coupled with a deep understanding of our goals, resulted in impactful work which included a complete rebrand, new website development, newsletter strategy and marketing campaigns that resonate with our audience. Thank you for making a meaningful difference!"

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Umair Jaffar, CEO, Small World Music

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