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title: How To Conduct SWOT Analysis — Sky's The Limit Help Center
description: This guide will help you work with a mentor to analyze your strengths & weaknesses, your opportunities and threats, and review and strategize your business.
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###### [Strategy](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/project-guides?category=strategy)

# How To Conduct SWOT Analysis

This project guide helps two Sky’s the Limit members work together through three meetings as they collaborate to achieve a specific milestone.

### **Meeting 1: ***Strengths and weaknesses*

**Before this meeting: **

- Make sure that you’ve had an intro meeting. If you need help navigating your first meeting, visit this [ **Guide to Your First Meeting**](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/volunteer-resources/guide-to-your-first-mentoring-or-advising-session)**. **
- Review: [**What is SWOT Analysis** ](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/strategy/swot-analysis) article, especially the Strengths & Weaknesses sections.

**In this meeting:**

- Discuss your business’s strengths.
- Discuss your business’s weaknesses.

1. Use the [**SWOT Analysis Template** ](https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/1/d/16nY-uN-AbVcqQB69sgDGPMlchUC5R_t2InZS3BoIeC8/copy) in the article to take notes.

**After this meeting:**

- Review your list and add anything you think of after the meeting to your template.
- Note any agreed-upon next steps.

 

### **Meeting 2: ***Opportunities and threats*

**Before this meeting: **

- Review: [**What is SWOT Analysis** ](http://skysthelimit-21159137.hs-sites.com/strategy/swot-analysis) article, especially the Opportunities & Threats sections. 

**In this meeting:**

- Discuss your business’s opportunities. 
- Discuss your business’s weaknesses.
- Use your **SWOT Analysis Template **to take notes.

**After this meeting:**

- Review your list and add anything you think of after the meeting to your template.
- Note any agreed-upon next steps.
  
   

### **Meeting 3: ***Opportunities and threats*

**Before this meeting: **

- Review your **SWOT Analysis Template**

**In this meeting:**

- Identify your main Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats and add them to the last page of your **SWOT Analysis Template. **
- Explore possibilities for new efforts or solutions to problems.
- Discuss the best path for your business. 
- Determine possible changes. 

**After this meeting:**

- Take action: Let this analysis guide your decision making. Adjust and refine pas needed. A new opportunity might open wider avenues, while a new threat could close a path that once existed.
- Be sure to mark your project complete, [**update your business tracker** ](https://app.skysthelimit.org/home/milestones) **,** and start a new project!

 

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