Remember the Saturday Presentation Format

Hi Barton Springs, It will be great to see you again. Just a quick reminder that your project update will be on Saturday morning. Let me know if you need anything. Linda Your delivery will still be capped at five (5) minutes. Given the quantity of information to be shared, you may need to prepare to use the entire allotted time. Here are the items to be covered in the project status presentation: o The name of the cohort group o Your name (presenter) and the name of each of your cohorts o A brief description of the project and the resulting product o Goals that were set last month or before, that were expected to be met by this time o Goals that have actually been met as of today o The estimated percent of tasks completed toward the project product o Changes in project scope that have occurred since last month o What will you accomplish by next month’s status update.

Happy New Year

Dear Barton Springs, The subject for the January class will be Solving Problems: Decision Making and Project Management; and Managing Information and Optimizing Use of Technology. The instructors will be Don and Silona Bonewald. Some meat will be put on the scant bones of project planning, execution and management that has been presented so far. I apologize, but I will not be able to attend this week. You are obviously in good hands -- and I know Don will share the classroom experience with me. Now that holidays are behind us, we can, hopefully, stay in closer contact between sessions. Please let me know what I can do to help your projects, and even if you are doing swimmingly, please send updates. Best, Linda

Progress Report

Memo To: Maile Broccoli-Hickey (maile@austinenglish.org) Deborah Del Valle (Deborah.Delvalle@atcmhmr.com) Leah Graham (leah@thewrighthouse.org) Robert Morris (keith.morris@atcmhmr.com)

Juanita Budd, (juanitab@girlscouts-lonestar.org) From: Judy Van Cleve

Austin Community College Date: November 15, 2007 Re: November 12, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Attended: Juanita Budd, Deborah Del Valle, Leah Graham, Judy Van Cleve

Assigned tasks and completed the first draft of “I Can’t Believe It is a Strategic Plan” survey instrument. Leah volunteered to draft a perk chart for the project. Judy will approach class about them providing current examples of their organizations strategic plan.

Task Task to be completed by Date Task will be completed.

1. Define what a Strategic Plan is. Leah 2. Create a Visual of the process. Maile 3. Define the Mission. Leah 4. Create a Vision Statement Leah 5. State clear objective and expectations. Juanita 6. Board training and education Keith 7. Identify inventory of resources. Judy Ongoing until project complete 8. GAP barriers to the process Deborah 9. Example of Strategic plan. Judy 10. Best Practices.

2007 Cohort Strategic Planning Survey (1^st DRAFT) or “I Can’t Believe It is a Strategic Plan”

1. What are the best and worst aspects of the strategic plans you or your organization have developed and implemented? 2. Who were the stakeholders in the development and the implementation of your organizations strategic plan? 3. What would have helped you most in the development of these strategic plans? 4. What would you have done differently and what would have done the same? 5. What do you wished you knew about strategic planning? 6. What do you want to learn about strategic planning? 7. How has your strategic plan being used? 8. If it is not being used, why?

The Barton Springs Blog

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