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Erica Olsen holds a BA in Communications and an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management. She's frequently tapped to lecture at the University of Nevada in Reno and the University of Phoenix in Reno on management and planning topics. She hosts workshops and has spoken at conferences nationwide. Erica co-founded and is the Chief Operating Officer, and has been instrumental in building the business to be a nationwide leader in on-demand strategic planning tools and services. In 1997, she was named Entrepreneur of the Year by The Business Report of Northern Nevada. She brings a strong expertise in start-up business and international development

As one of the developers of MyStrategicPlan, Erica has stripped strategic planning of its fate as a static document. With her online strategic planning system, any organization, regardless of size and budget, can build a plan in a matter of weeks (or even days). After completing the plan, the online system actually helps organizations execute they plan instead of just shoving it on a shelf. Her team developed MyStrategicPlan because they believe in inspiring big ideas and creating the laser-like focus to achieve them.

MyStrategicPlan is just one of the several services offered by Erica's company, M3 Planning. M3 also does on-site strategic planning facilitation and retreats, as well as market research consulting. Over the last several years, M3 has developed and reviewed thousands of strategic plans for organizations across the country.

In addition to authoring Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition with Wiley Publishing, Erica has coauthored Strategic Planning Made Easy: A Practical Guide to Growth and Profitability (M3 Planning, Inc.) and contributes regular columns to local, regional, and national business publications. When Erica isn't lecturing, writing, or planning, she's alternately kayaking, backcountry skiing, rock climbing, biking, running, or bagging peaks around the Western Hemisphere with her husband, Gregor.