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What are Strategic Outreach OKRs?
The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We have a collection of OKRs examples for Strategic Outreach to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
The best tools for writing perfect Strategic Outreach OKRs
Here are 2 tools that can help you draft your OKRs in no time.
Tability AI: to generate OKRs based on a prompt
Tability AI allows you to describe your goals in a prompt, and generate a fully editable OKR template in seconds.
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Click on the Generate goals using AI
- 3. Describe your goals in a prompt
- 4. Get your fully editable OKR template
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Watch the video below to see it in action 👇
Tability Feedback: to improve existing OKRs
You can use Tability's AI feedback to improve your OKRs if you already have existing goals.
- 1. Create your Tability account
- 2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
- 3. Click on Generate analysis
- 4. Review the suggestions and decide to accept or dismiss them
- 5. Publish to start tracking progress and get automated OKR dashboards
Tability will scan your OKRs and offer different suggestions to improve them. This can range from a small rewrite of a statement to make it clearer to a complete rewrite of the entire OKR.
Strategic Outreach OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Strategic Outreach. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to boost new businesses by converting top-tier leads through strategic outreach
ObjectiveBoost new businesses by converting top-tier leads through strategic outreach
KRIncrease lead generation by 40% through optimized marketing campaigns
Implement SEO strategies in content creation- Initiate targeted email marketing campaigns
- Optimize social media platforms for customer engagement
- KRAchieve 30% conversion rate of high-quality leads into viable business opportunities
- Implement targeted marketing strategies for high-quality leads
- Improve follow-up tactics with potential customers
- Personalize business proposals for prospective clients
- KRExpand outreach effectiveness by 50% to drive lead engagement
- Develop and implement a targeted social media marketing strategy
- Launch referral program to incentivise current customers for word-of-mouth promotion
- Increase frequency of engaging email newsletters to potential leads
OKRs to broaden supporter base, targeting businesses, churches and schools
- ObjectiveBroaden supporter base, targeting businesses, churches and schools
- KREstablish 10 new partnerships with local businesses by quarter end
- Identify potential local business partnership opportunities
- Arrange meetings to propose collaborations
- Finalize and sign partnership agreements
- KREngage 5 churches in sponsorships or fundraisers for quarterly objectives
- Identify and create a list of potential church partners
- Develop compelling sponsorship and fundraising proposals
- Arrange meetings to present proposals to church leaders
- KRImplement 3 new teaching programs in schools, reaching 500+ students
- Identify reputable teaching programs suitable for school implementation
- Monitor and evaluate the programs' effectiveness and reach after implementation
- Coordinate with schools for program integration and student engagement
OKRs to expand lour brand's presence through impactful outreach
- ObjectiveExpand lour brand's presence through impactful outreach
- KRBoost website traffic by 30% via targeted online promotional efforts
- Implement SEO strategies to enhance visibility on search engines
- Launch targeted social media advertising campaigns
- Collaborate with influencers for promotional posts
- KRIncrease social media followers by 25% through strategic engagement strategies
- Utilize paid promotions and influencer partnerships to extend reach
- Develop and implement a consistent content schedule on all platforms
- Engage directly with followers via comments, likes, and shares
- KRArrange and complete 10 strategic partnerships to boost collaborative outreach
- Identify potential partners aligned with our strategic goals
- Initiate conversations and negotiations with those entities
- Formalize partnerships through signed agreements
Strategic Outreach OKR best practices
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
Save hours with automated OKR dashboards
OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use Tability to save time with automated OKR dashboards, data connectors, and actionable insights.
How to get Tability dashboards:
- 1. Create a Tability account
- 2. Use the importers to add your OKRs (works with any spreadsheet or doc)
- 3. Publish your OKR plan
That's it! Tability will instantly get access to 10+ dashboards to monitor progress, visualise trends, and identify risks early.
More Strategic Outreach OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to achieve complete regulatory compliance
- OKRs to develop the skills and knowledge of junior data scientists
- OKRs to optimize energy efficiency program vendor management and contracts
- OKRs to enhance skills in dealing with complaints and conflict resolution
- OKRs to secure series A financing
- OKRs to implement IdentityNow for efficient account creation