Handout 17: Systems for Sharing

  1. 1. List your formal systems for sharing information, for example: logs, phone trees, newsletters, etc.
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  2. Select from your list one system that you want to examine more closely. Circle it above, then answer the following questions:
    1. Why do we use this system?
    2. Who does it reach?
    3. Who doesn't it reach?
    4. Is there another system that reaches the people who aren't being reached by this one?
    5. How might this system be changed?

  3. Summarize your recommendations by answering the following: How would you improve this system or an alternative to this system?

Work Plan: Use the ideas from both your small group and others in this workshop to develop a plan for implementing changes in your Program's communication systems.

  1. What system will be changed? ___________________________________________________
  2. How will it be changed? _______________________________________________________
  3. Who will need to be involved in making these changes?
    Staff
    Parents
    (or representative group,
    i.e., working parents)
    Others
    (from the community
    who can help)
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  4. Outline three steps to take to begin to implement changes in this communication system.
        Step 1

        Step 2

        Step 3

  5. How will you know that this change has been successfully implemented?(what will you look for?)

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