Georgia Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking

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Georgia Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking

• Organizational Development
• How will we work together?

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How will we work together?

• First, lets talk and listen to each other and
  determine a decision-making process best fit
• Then, well work to articulate the coalitions
  purpose and create a mission statement
• Lastly, lets share comments and refine
  expectations re organization structure, roles
  and responsibilities

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Decision Making

• Why is it important?
• When consensus isnt enough
• Structure and transparency provide safety for all
• List and discuss methods
• Make the case and choose
• Communicate result for all to see ?

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Creating a Mission Statement

• Why bother?
• How-to write example
• Brainstorm prioritize key points phrases
• Creative timed activity (small groups)
• Facilitated group discussion
• Group rewrite - test for fit ?

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Mission vs. Vision

• Mission
• A statement providing an organization's purpose
  and reason for being.
• Vision
• A shared picture of the future an entity seeks to
  create. It is a description of the ideal for
  people and community a dream of how things
  should be.

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Mission Statement

• How-to Write
• A Mission Statement should be a one-sentence,
  clear, concise statement that says who your
  organization is (the name, what kind of
  organization it is, i.e. a nonprofit, etc.,
  and/or what type it is), what it does, for whom
  and where. Period.
• Example
• "United Community Center is a 501(c)(3) human
  service agency providing emergency assistance,
  daycare, social services and recreational
  activities for low-income children and families
  at risk in inner city Atlanta, Georgia".

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Brainstorm and Prioritize

• Create lists
• Type of organization
• What it does
• For whom
• Where
• Prioritize key points in each list

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Fill-in the blanks

• Georgia Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking
  (kind/type)__________________
• ___________________________
• (what it does)________________
  ___________________________
• (for whom)__________________
• ___________________________
• (where)_____________________

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Were almost there ?

• Discussion
• Group re-write exercise
• Test for fit
• Celebrate say it out loud!

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Tag Linefood for thought

• Few words used with logo to help brand identity
• Not a mission statement
• Try this one on for size
• GA CPUDAdvancing effective alcohol prevention,
  policy and enforcement

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Organization Structure

• Roles and Responsibilities
• Job descriptions and accountability measures for
• Officers and Board Members
• Committees
• Members
• Begin with Officers
• Brainstorm, prioritize, decide