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SPOT Analysis
Strengths, Problems, Opportunities, Threats
SPOT Analysis is . . .
a strategic planning tool used to help people make
informed decisions about pursuing a plan or action.
STRENGTHS
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PROBLEMS THREATS
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OPPORTUNITIES
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Agree on the Scope
Are you analyzing an action step, an objective?• Involve at least 6 youth in the
implementation of a natural helper program.
Are you analyzing a direction or a goal?• Centralize services for students with mental
health needs into one building. (May want to break this down) What are the services we are talking about?
If SPOT analysis does not start with defining a desired end
state or objective, it runs the risk of being useless.
In your school, around your block, in your world.
• Internal factors - The 'strengths' and ‘problems' internal to the organization.
• Examples: Staff expertise, funding, administrator commitment, Vocal community groups
• External factors - The 'opportunities' and 'threats' presented by the external environment.
• Examples: No Child Left Behind requirements, Demographic shifts, USDA Wellness Plan
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PROBLEMS THREATS
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OPPORTUNITIES
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Admin. approval HKLB Grant Funds support mtgsSHAC is investedLots of info about how to do this.Motivated students
Social norm of targeting new students for bullyingNeed more staff to participate- give oversight to peer educatorsStaff morale is low
State and federal budget cuts increase burdensNCLB requirements leave little time for anything elsePoverty
Goal: Implement a peer to peer education program for new students to address anxiety around school transition.
Leverage for Bullying prevent. program
Train students on bullying bystander strategies
Add youth develop. activities to school
Asking and answering the following four questions provides the basics for strategy development:
• 1. How can we Use each Strength?• 2. How can we Stop each Problem?• 3. How can we Exploit each Opportunity?• 4. How can we Defend/Defuse each
Threat?
Tip: Brainstorm and use scratch paper
What may represent strengths with respect to
one objective may be weaknesses for another
objective.
Important Limitations of SPOT
• 1. Conduct SPOT analysis after defining and agreeing upon an objective
• 2. SPOTs are sometimes confused with possible strategies. SPOTs are descriptions of conditions, while possible strategies define actions.
• 3. SPOT presents the resulting lists uncritically and without clear prioritization so that, for example, weak opportunities may appear to balance strong threats.
Your Turn
1. Pick an objective or goal. Agree on scope.
2. Brainstorm internal factors: strengths and problems
3. Brainstorm external factors: threats and opportunities
4. How can you turn your strengths, problems, and threats into opportunities. Is your objective/goal achievable?