Ripe for Harvest

S ESSION 3: L AUNCH AND A SSEMBLE • 277

~ Number the ideas. ~ Build momentum. ~ Make ideas visible to all. ~ Have warm-up exercises (get food for thought). ~ Chocolate chip cookies

• Prioritize/organize/eliminate/suspend ideas.

• Develop planning assumptions or constraints (e.g. money, attendance, facilities).

• Develop action steps.

~ List all tasks to be done. ~ Describe tasks logically (not “buy balloons and invite guests”). ~ Put them in logical time sequence. ~ Identify major predecessors. (What must be done before this can be done?)

~ Delegate assignments. ~ Establish deadlines. ~ Lay it out in writing.

• Sanity check

~ Is everything included? • People • Money • Equipment and technology • Information • Facilities • Prayer • Approval • Communication • Materials and supplies • Time for final review ~ Are there unnecessary tasks? ~ Are there unnecessary predecessors? ~ Are they realistic? ~ Are they measurable? ~ Do people have the tools they need to do the job?

Context Values/Vision

Prepare Launch Assemble Nurture Transition Schedule/Charter