Policies and Plans Facilitator: Gareth Thomson Executive Director, Alberta Council for Environmental

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Policies and PlansFacilitator Gareth
ThomsonExecutive Director, Alberta Council for
Environmental Educationph 403-678-0079Gareth_at_ab
cee.org
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• Policies and Plans
• Introductions
• Why we need policies and plans
• Board, staff, policies, procedures
• Review of Affiliates website content - anything
  missing?
• Matrix policies, plans, and you
• What does your organization need next?

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• Introductions
• Name of person and of their organization
• What they hope to gain from the session
• Story of how a policy or plan helped your
  organization - OR how your organization stubbed
  its toe because it lacked some policy or plan

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Board, staff, policies, procedures
Vision, mission
Goals, objects, initiatives
Strategy
tactics
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Q where does the Board play?
Vision, mission
Goals, objects, initiatives
Strategy
tactics
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Governance Board
Vision, mission
Board creates policies and some plans what we
will do
Goals, objects, initiatives
Strategy
Staff creates administrative procedures how we
will do it
tactics
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• Policies and Plans
• To access on-line resources
• Visit http//www.naaee.org/about-naaee/affiliates/
  affiliates-network
• Scroll down the page to Affiliate Network
  Resources gt VIEW Affiliate Network Resources
• When prompted for login, enter
• login partnership    
• password naaee

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Question Affiliates website content - anything
missing? I.e. Any relevant documents that you
have developed (and are willing to share) that
should be on there?
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• What does your organization
• need next?
• A Write down the number of tick marks
• B Find someone with a very different number
• C Take turns and work together to answer the
  following
• What is the essential foundation of policies and
  plans for YOUR Affiliate organization, at this
  stage in its development?
• What policies and plans do you need to develop
  next, in order for your organization to progress?
• How will you develop these plans?

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• What does your organization
• need next?
• A Write down the number of tick marks
• B Find someone with a very different number
• C Take turns and work together to answer the
  following
• What is the essential foundation of policies and
  plans for YOUR Affiliate organization, at this
  stage in its development?
• What policies and plans do you need to develop
  next, in order for your organization to progress?
• How will you develop these plans?
• D Join the members of your Affiliate team,
  share your findings, and be prepared to report
  back on your answer to 2.

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Thank you!