Tips For Successful
Planning
Keep any
initial actions taken by your group small scale and concrete.
This will help you to make progress by putting ideas into
action while drawing supporters to your initiative.
People
work best in a relaxed and welcoming environment. You can
help achieve this by:
- making
meetings a place where people feel like they are being listened
to and where their ideas are valued, and where constructive
criticism may be openly voiced. To help meet these goals,
you might want to make some "ground rules" so
people feel free to express themselves (e.g. one person
speaks at a time, no interrupting, speaker’s list, etc.);
- providing
refreshments such as drinks and snacks - a very simple and
effective way of making people feel welcome;
- asking
members to escort each other home or to the subway or bus,
if the meeting runs late;
- wherever
possible, covering expenses of attending meetings, transit
fare, babysitting, etc.
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