ToP® Approaches to Environmental Scanning

Lead Strategic Conversations Grounded in Reality

Strategic plans fall flat when built on assumptions.

  • ToP® scanning methods help teams explore what’s happening around them—and what it means for their future.
  • These approaches turn complexity into clarity, enabling grounded decisions.
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What You'll Learn

  • Design and lead group-based scanning sessions
  • Eight proven scanning approaches (e.g., data analysis, historical scan, stakeholder input)
  • Synthesize diverse input into shared insight
  • Connect scans to strategy and implementation

Who's This For

  • Strategic planning facilitators
  • Nonprofit and public sector leaders
  • Change managers and consultants
  • Anyone guiding visioning or responding to shifting conditions

Your Toolkit

  • Brief Trends Conversation
  • Extended Current Situation/Trends Conversation
  • Quick Situation Assessments
  • Cooperative Study of
  • Complex Data
  • Wave Metaphor
    Strategic Juncture Analysis
  • Wall of Wonder
  • Social & Corporate Process Triangles

Course Format

  • 1-Day, In-Person or Virtual
  • Led by Certified ToP® Trainers
  • Includes workbook, templates, and coaching
  • Highly interactive with hands-on practice

Tiered Pricing

  • $800 Corporate/Large Nonprofits (budget > $5 million)
  • $700 Government
  • $600 Individual Professional/Mid-sized Nonprofit (budget $1-5 million)
  • $500 Small Nonprofit (budget < $1 million)/Student (student ID required) 

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