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Developing Successful Strategies: Planning to Win

  

Tools & Checklists

 Contributed by Jenette Nagy and Stephen Fawcett Edited by Bill Berkowitz and Jerry Schultz

Checklist

Here, you'll find checklists summarizing the major points contained in the text.


Checklist for developing successful strategies:

_____You can form a planning group to develop strategies


Find potential members:

_____Community leaders

_____Members of other local organizations

_____Those affected by the issue or problem

_____Representatives of local ethnic and cultural groups


Create a supportive environment:

_____A safe and comfortable building, neighborhood site

_____Create an open forum for all to participate


Determine/review targets and agents of change:

_____Be inclusive of those experiences, at risk for, and contributing to the issue

_____Determine risk and protective factors affecting the issue

_____Review vision, mission, and objectives


Brainstorm the best strategies:

_____Determine potential obstacles

_____Strategize to get around obstacles

_____Identify how agents of change will help

_____Decide when strategies will affect targets of change

_____Determine if you will work on repairing or preventing problems

_____Ensure strategies decrease risk factors, and increase protective factors

_____Make sure strategies will address entire problem or issue


Do the strategies meet the criteria?

_____Give overall direction

_____Fit resources and opportunities

_____Minimize resistance and barriers

_____Reach those affected

_____Advance the mission