We conducted a needs assessment by using the Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results (SOAR) analysis approach. This appreciative inquiry technique helped us focus on TFA’s current strengths and opportunities, and served as the baseline to transition TFA’s issue to “Vision Snapshots”.
Strengths: TFA does a lot well, they possess key assets, resources, capabilities, and have accomplished much. The members have a strong passion for the success of the city of Atlanta and the region as a whole. This success can only be achieved by alleviating racism. They seek to alleviate racism by using the diversity of the organizations represented in TFA, leveraging collective resources, and building community trust. By working collaboratively, prioritizing art, and emphasizing leadership development, they can proactively address the positive tension that exists when talking about race and how to reverse institutional racism.
Opportunities: Opportunities are a set of circumstances that TFA can leverage for success. They have the opportunity to strengthen community leadership, internal communication, and deploy financial resources quicker.
Aspirations: The ultimate goal is for the “New” Atlanta Way to achieve racial equity in arts & culture, jobs, housing choice, mobility, health, and climate.
Results: Results are tangible outcomes and measures that demonstrate that you have achieved your goals and aspirations. These outcomes are listed here because they can be tracked via outcomes, outputs, touches, quantitatively and qualitatively. They will be included in TFA’s KPIs should they choose to use that method to monitor success. • Reduce community member displacement • Achieve systematic change • Reduce stress for better health outcomes, improve social determinants of health • Use data to inform policy changes • Equity evaluator tool is being utilized to make equitable decisions by policymakers • TFA has resident community members who are members of their executive committee • TFA funding is doubled and a portion has been segmented for leadership development • Lead with culture in all TFA work • Influence developers to apply a racial equity analysis to their decision-making metrics
The outputs from the needs assessment greatly informed the design of the strategic planning process and each strength, opportunity, aspiration, and result are present in some aspect of the strategic articulation map and strategic priorities.
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TRANSFORMATION ALLIANCE STRATEGIC ARTICULATION MAP & FUND DEVELOPMENT PLAN REPORT
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