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Review and Summary of the Success Cycle
These five groups of questions are a quick review of the steps of the Success Cycle as described in this Bulletin. Refer to them as often as you need to while you are planning your project. The last worksheet in this
Bulletin -- "Worksheet 6: Summarizing the Plan" -- will help you summarize and consolidate all the steps of your plan.
Assessing Your Community's Needs
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What is your target community? |
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What are some key facts about that community? |
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What are some of the problems in the community? |
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What are some ways to address those problems? |
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What assets can your group offer? |
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What other kind of help might be needed? |
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What would you like to do to help? |
Planning a Successful Project
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What will your project do? |
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What changes should, or could, come about because of your project? |
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What are your goals, objectives, and strategies? |
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What are the steps for getting started? |
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Whose approval must be obtained? |
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Who should be involved in planning, reviewing, and performing the tasks? |
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What are the major obstacles you expect to face? How will you overcome them? |
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What group weaknesses will need to be addressed to perform the project? |
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How long will the project take? Can it be broken into several shorter projects or separate phases? |
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How will you get the project back on track if it gets off track or delayed? |
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How will you know whether your project has been successful? |
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How will you thank workers and celebrate success? |
Lining Up Resources
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What specific talents do members of the group bring to the project? |
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What other help must be provided -- goods, services, people, money? |
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Who will act as recordkeeper and treasurer? |
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Who might want to help? Who else shares an interest in solving this problem (e.g., civic groups, businesses, nonprofits)? |
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What are the best ways to recruit the help you need? |
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What can be done to build the group into a team? |
Acting on Your Plan
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What are the tasks to be performed? |
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In what order should they be done? |
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Who will handle problems that may arise? |
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What kind of training is needed? Who will receive training? |
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Who (including youth) can provide training? |
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What will you do to keep and build on participants' enthusiasm? |
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How can you be sure you are using your resources efficiently? |
Nurturing, Monitoring, and Evaluating
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What indicators will you use to measure the success of your project? How will the indicators be measured (e.g., data, charts, graphs)? |
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How will you ensure that the project results in a quality product? |
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What information should be collected, who should collect it, and how frequently should it be obtained? |
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How will any needed "midcourse" corrections be made? |
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What do participants -- workers and those who benefit -- think of the project? |
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What would have happened if your group had not done the project? |
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How can you find out about stories of success in your project? |
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How can volunteers best be recognized individually? As a group? |
Youth In Action Bulletin |
April 1998 Number 01 |
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