Developing a Common Vision for the Youth Board

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Developing a Common Vision for the Youth Board
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• Chris Boleman
• ct-boleman_at_tamu.edu
• Angela Burkham
• ab-burkham_at_tamu.edu

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Objectives

• Ensure members of the Youth Board sees the
  function of the group
• Help build a common vision for building a
  Successful Youth Board
• Allow members to get to know each other by
  one-on-one discussion

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Writing a Vision Statement

• Says what you want out of organization.
• It defines the organization.
• Details principles and beliefs.
• Gives the organization the power to create and
  design itself around personal values.

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Steps

• Step 1 Framing the question
• Step 2 Self thought
• Step 3 One-on-one sharing
• Step 4 Repeating the process
• Step 5 Developing themes
• Step 6 Breakout groups write vision statements
• Step 7 Selecting the vision statement

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1 Framing the Question

• Imagine it is 2 years from now.
• What are our accomplishments?

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2 Self thought

• After each person has thought through the
  question, ask them to write down as many
  responses as they can on a sheet of paper.
• After allowing five minutes or so, ask them to
  rank their most important to least important on
  the same sheet of paper.

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3 One-on-one sharing

• Ask each person to find a partner and share their
  ideas with this partner.
• Then, allow the other person to share what they
  wrote down.

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4 Repeating the process

• Ask each person to meet with another partner and
  repeat process, but this time only allow 4
  minutes for both to discuss ideas
• Repeat the same process again, but this time only
  allow 2 minutes.

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5 Developing themes

• Gather the group back together and discuss the
  ideas heard.
• Ask the group for feedback.
• Ask them what they learned from their rotations.
• Write down responses

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6 Breakout groups write vision statement

• Then, break group in three to four smaller groups
  to use the key words captured on the flip chart
  from step 5 and write a one-to-two sentence youth
  board vision statement.
• Have them start with. to be the premiere
  ___________________

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7 Selecting the vision

• Post the vision statements on the wall (one for
  each group).
• Have a member of each group read their vision
  statement.
• Then, take a break and allow each person to vote
  for their vision statement.
• Once the break is over, reveal the votes and name
  one as the official vision statement for the
  Youth Board.

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Conclusion

• Start each meeting with the vision statement.
• Provides direction for all decisions.
• Move on to a strategic planning process and
  determine the necessary steps to meet the vision.