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Thrive: JA Worldwide Strategic Plan,
2026–2028

The JA Worldwide 2026–2028 Strategic Plan has been approved by the JA Worldwide Board of Governors. We’re still tweaking its look and feel, but the content is set and ready for you to review. Although it took us a year to create the new plan, the real work begins now: Turning strategy into action across our global network. To make that possible, we’re creating a Strategic Planning Toolkit, due out in mid-August.

Help Build the Strategic Planning Toolkit

What’s in the toolkit will be, in large part, up to you. Please complete the survey, below, to let us know what elements are most important to you. As the toolkit will be your go-to resource for implementing the strategic plan within your local context, we want to make sure it’s exactly what you need. Here are some ideas:

  • A one-page summary and overview of the full plan

  • Downloadable slide deck for staff briefings, board presentations, and partner meetings

  • Customizable messaging templates and language for local use

  • Worksheets and discussion guides for team planning and KPI/metrics development

  • Use cases from JA locations already aligning to the new strategy

  • Videos or narrated overviews

  • FAQs and/or glossary of terms

For the FAQs section, we’d love to hear your burning question(s). Will you help us build that section by contributing your questions?

Join Bi-Monthly Strategy Sessions

Every two weeks, from now through the Global Leadership Conference in November, JA Worldwide will host 30-minute, focused conversations on the strategic plan, tracking progress, answering your questions, and spotlighting what’s working.

  • Thursday, July 31, 8amEDT/2pmCEST, 8pmHKT: Watch the recording

  • Thursday, August 14, 8amEDT/2pmCEST, 8pmHKT: Watch the recording

  • Thursday, August 28, 8amEDT/2pmCEST, 8pmHKT

  • Thursday, September 11, 8amEDT/2pmCEST, 8pmHKT

  • Thursday, September 25, 8amEDT/2pmCEST, 8pmHKT

  • Thursday, October 9, 8amEDT/2pmCEST, 8pmHKT

  • Thursday, October 23, 8amEDT/2pmCEST, 8pmHKT

  • Thursday, November 6, 8amEST/2pmCET, 9pmHKT

  • GLC sessions (to come)!

Sessions use this Zoom link. You can also add all the sessions to your calendar with one click:

Add all to calendar

Apply for Early Access to the Toolkit

We’re looking for Strategy Champions to preview toolkit materials, offer feedback, and share how you’re aligning your own work to the global plan. If you’re interested, there’s a place to indicate that in the survey—or email tere.stouffer@jaworldwide.org to raise your hand.

Tell Us What You Need in a Toolkit

Together, let’s make this plan real—not just a document, but a movement.