Summary of Dovetail Partners' 2022-2030 Strategic Plan

Sharing a Summary of Dovetail Partners’ Strategic Plan

2022 – 2030

Overview

Dovetail Partners completed our most recent strategic planning process in 2022 and updates have been completed on an annual basis since that time.  The Strategic Plan was developed with the intention of being applicable through 2030.  The plan is reviewed by the Board and Dovetail team members each year and updated to reflect current insights, capacities, and opportunities.

Programs & Priorities

1. Education & Engagement

Dovetail Partners is committed to supporting innovation and action through high quality information sharing and educational outreach. Through our materials and outreach, Dovetail seeks to be the ‘go to” environmental information organization for decision-making entities and individuals throughout public and private sectors.

2. Natural Climate Solutions 

Dovetail Partners recognizes the need for an increasingly forward-looking vision in relation to issues of growing importance, including climate change which is impacting more and more facets of everyday life and is interconnected with all of Dovetail’s work. Dovetail Partners recognizes the links between regenerative farming and sustainable forestry, responsible trade and consumption, and land use and natural climate solutions.

3. Innovative Materials & Systems Change

Dovetail Partners provides information and critical analysis of material extraction, production, and use. The emphasis is on materials that contribute to climate change mitigation and/or adaptation, improvements to the environment, circularity, health and safety, and community well-being.

4. Leadership Development & Inclusion

Dovetail Partners collaborates to bring together the tools, facilitation processes, creativity, experience, expertise, and knowledge of resources that enhance the ability of organizations and individuals to increase productivity and profitability while creating, maintaining, and/or enhancing socially and environmentally responsible organizations. We enable leadership development and promote conflict resolution techniques aimed specifically at environmental conflict resolution needs in communities. 

Strategic Goals

1. Organizational Development & Innovation: Dovetail seeks to be an innovative organization that develops skills and abilities for success.

1. Nurturing Leaders and Partnerships

2. Welcoming Feedback

3. Monitoring Metrics

2. Communications & Engagement: Dovetail works to get information in the hands of decision-makers and to make it actionable.

1. Sharing Information

2. Engaging Audiences

3. Diversifying Our Channels

3. Enhance Awareness & Understanding of Natural Resources:  Dovetail is committed to looking around corners, identifying possibilities, and engaging partners in hope and action.

1. Expand Systems of Learning

2. Collaborate on Solutions

3. Develop Models of Innovation

4. Informing Energy, Material, and Management Systems Change: Dovetail recognizes systems change is needed, possible, and beneficial.

1. Foster Discussions

2. Support the Circular Bioeconomy

3. Enable Emerging Markets

5. Continue to Influence Responsible Sourcing: Dovetail believes well-informed decision making is essential.

1. Encourage Innovation

2. Embrace Complexity

3. Create New Linkages

In 2025, to prepare for the 9th American Forest Congress, Dovetail Partners identified the following priorities for the forest and forest products sector of the United States that helped inform the final Principles and Resolutions.  Dovetail Partners also engaged in the development of the Declaration made by the Women’s Forest Congress (8th American Forest Congress).  These guiding documents inform Dovetail’s strategic engagement beyond specific projects and activities and support effective navigation of the dynamic and evolving context for our work.