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Mutually Reinforcing Activities
Participant activities must be differentiated while still being coordinated through a mutually reinforcing plan of action.
Continuous Communication
Consistent and open communication is needed across the many players to build trust, assure mutual objectives, and appreciate common motivation.
Backbone Support
Creating and managing collective impact requires a separate organization(s) with staff and a specific set of skills to serve as the backbone for the entire initiative and coordinate participating organizations and agencies.
The plan outlined in this document is designed to take the work of the network to the next level. The members of FGLN’s Steering Committee, and then a dedicated subset of members assigned to a Strategic Planning Group, put many months’ work into clarifying the purpose and direction of the network and clarifying what the network can best provide, while still supporting the independence and excellent service of individual partner organizations.
This process entailed a sharpening of strategy for the near future, pointedly looking at steps that the network can take to ensure that the most critical needs of the community are met in the most impactful and sustainable ways.
Flint & Genesee Literacy Network Strategic Plan 2019-2022
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