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Putting Your Solution into Practice

  

Tools & Checklists

 Contributed by Jenette Nagy and Chris Hampton Edited by Jerry Schultz and Kate Nagy

Tools

Tool #1: Action planning sheet
Tool #2: Feedback form

Checklist

Tool #1: Action planning sheet

Use the following table to list each of your action steps in the first row, and answer the following questions for each.


Action Step 1:

Action Step 2:

Action Step 3:

How much, or to what extent, will this action occur?






Who will do it?






When will it take place?






What resources do we need? Where will we get them?






What is the backup plan?






In what order will these steps occur? Does it matter?






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Tool #2: Feedback form

At the end of the meeting, the facilitator and recorder can pass out the following sheets to be filled in anonymously by meeting participants.


Participant Feedback Form

Date of meeting:

Overall, how useful did you find the meeting?




What did you like best about the meeting?




What did you like least about the meeting?




Was the proper amount of time spent on each subject? If not, which subjects took too long? Which weren't given enough time?




What should be different about future meetings?



Additional comments:





We appreciate your help and feedback at and about today's meeting. The facilitator will address concerns brought up on these feedback sheets and send a letter to all participants in the next two weeks.

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Checklist


You understand why you should plan your action:

___To provide the framework on which your solution will hang.

___To be sure you have taken care of all the details.

___To save time, energy, and resources.


You have planned your action:

___You have broken down your solution into individual action steps.

___You have decided to what extent each action step will occur.

___You have decided who will do the work.

___You have decided when each action step will take place.

___You have decided what resources you will need and where you will get them.

___You have decided what you will do if something goes wrong.

___You know which steps need to happen first.


You have implemented your solution:

___You have made sure everyone is clear and in agreement about the process.

___The facilitator has asked for new questions.

___Everyone knows how to contact each other.

___You have set another meeting date.


You have evaluated what happened:

___You have evaluated the success of the meeting.

___You have evaluated the success of the solution.


You know what to do if something goes wrong:

___You know what to do if the wrong person volunteers for the job.

___You know what to do if no one volunteers for the job.

___You know what to do if enthusiasm fails.

___You know what to do if the solution is taking too much time.

___You know what to do if the solution arouses community opposition.

___You know what to do if a seemingly new and better opportunity arises.

___You know what to do if the solution doesn't seem to be working.

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