Strategic Planning Solutions - SmartDraw Has Everything You Need

SmartDraw helps you with tools to make developing a strategic plan fast, easy and affordable. But it doesn't stop there. Because SmartDraw gives you the tools you need to quickly convert your strategic plan into an action plan that you can use every day.

How? Through the innovation of smarter visuals that are effortless to create, easy to use, and simple to distribute and share.

SmartDraw not only lets you quickly create professional-looking strategic diagrams, but it lets you put them to work. Create action plans and share them with your colleagues-even those who aren't SmartDraw users. Assign tasks and receive status updates. Track progress wherever you are-at work, at home, or on your mobile device.

1. Brainstorm Using a Concept Map or Mind Map

A good place to begin your strategic plan is with a concept map or mind map. SmartDraw makes it easy to map out a strategy. Simply point and click or use simple keyboard commands to add shapes, tab from shape to shape, and just type to fill in ideas and plans.

2. Assess Where You Are with a SWOT Analysis

A SWOT diagram is at the heart of the strategic planning process. SmartDraw offers several ready-make templates or lets you customize your own with pre-set styles and themes. And you can insert any SmartDraw diagram into your PowerPoint^® deck with just a click.

3. A Variety of Diagrams to Help You Visualize Your Plan

It's a well-known fact that using visuals multiplies the effectiveness of communication. SmartDraw includes a variety of visuals-more than 70 different types with over 1,900 templates-so you always have the right chart, graph, map or other diagram to clearly convey your message.

4. Share It, Publish It, or Present It with Ease

SmartDraw lets you share visuals easily. You and your team are always collaborating on the same visuals online. You can also insert any visual into a Microsoft Office^® document or presentation or a Google Workspace^™ app like Google Docs. SmartDraw also works with Confluence, Jira, and Trello. Share your visual with anyone just by emailing them a link, save it as a PDF, or use any integrated third-party Cloud storage solution like Google Drive^™, DropBox^®, Box^®, and OneDrive^®.

5. Put Your Strategic Plan to Work

With SmartDraw, your strategic plan can instantly become a working project plan. Assign action items to team members. Add milestones and due dates. Make the start of one task dependent upon the completion of another.