Strategy expert Erica Olsen is author of Strategic Planning for Dummies and the founder and Vice President of M3 Planning, developers of the online strategic planning and implementation solution, mystrategicplan.com.

An engaging and experienced public speaker, Erica is frequently requested to address businesses, associations and governmental organizations on subjects related to strategic planning and management because of her ability to make traditionally dry or confusing subjects easy to understand and even entertaining.

Through M3 Planning?s online client base and onsite strategic planning facilitation work, Erica has developed and reviewed hundreds of strategic plans for organizations across the country.

With MyStrategicPlan, any organization, regardless of size and budget, can build a plan in a matter of weeks (or even days). In addition to their award-winning software, the company also offers strategic planning consulting and is a resource for other strategic planning tools, books, articles, workshops, and strategic planning facilitation.

A frequent lecturer at the University of Nevada, Reno and University of Phoenix, Erica holds a BA in Communications and an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird.