Milestone 4: Put Your Plan Into Practice
Milestone 4: Put Your Plan Into Practice - Starts August 2026
Three-month live virtual education program with optional coaching.
What This Milestone is About:
It’s time to put your plan into action. In this milestone, your team will begin implementing selected strategies from your Community Strategic Plan. You’ll test ideas, manage partnerships, and track your progress using your scorecard. It’s also about learning as you go; adjusting your approach based on feedback, data, and what’s working on the ground using time-tested process improvement methods.
Why This Milestone Matters:
Even the best plans hit bumps in the road. This milestone helps your team stay adaptive and focused as you move from planning to action. It creates space to reflect, learn, and improve so you can strengthen your strategies, build momentum, and stay aligned with your shared goals.
What You’ll Advance:
- Early-Stage Strategy Implementation
- Launch early-stage strategies from your Community Strategic Plan, focusing on actions that can build momentum and demonstrate feasibility.
- Scorecard-Based Tracking
Use your updated community scorecard to monitor progress, identify trends, and share updates with your team and partners. - Team Reflection and Learning
Conduct regular learning sessions to reflect on what’s working, where adjustments are needed, and how to improve implementation efforts. - Process and Role Adjustments
Make practical updates to roles, communication processes, or strategies based on what your team is learning through action. - Documentation of Results and Insights
Capture early outcomes—both quantitative and qualitative—to support learning, storytelling, and future planning. - Expanded Partnerships
Identify and engage new partners or sectors needed to support implementation, fill gaps, or extend your reach.
