Midwest Academy Strategy Chart: Goals Organizational Considerations Constituents, Allies and Foes Targets Tactics
Midwest Academy Strategy Chart: Goals Organizational Considerations Constituents, Allies and Foes Targets Tactics
Midwest Academy Strategy Chart: Goals Organizational Considerations Constituents, Allies and Foes Targets Tactics
Long-term
Primary Target (who has the power to give you what you want?)
What the constituents will do to the decisionmaker to make them say YES to the GOALS.
Intermediate Goals
Potential Allies? Short-term Internal problems in the way? Opponents? Secondary Target (if applicable
Long-term What you really want. Ex: Affordable health care for all. Intermediate What you are trying to win now. Ex: expand Healthy Children Program.
a) What counts as victory? b) How will you win concrete improvements in people's lives? c) How will the campaign give people a sense of their own power? d) How will it alter the relations of power?
Whose problem is it? What do they gain if they win? What risks are they taking? What power do they have over the target? Into what groups are they organized?
Primary Target
Who has the power to give you what you want? What power do you have over them?
How much? How many? Be specific! Internal Problems that are in the way?
Dont just list, how will you solve them?
Allies
Who can help win individual goals or increase power over the target?
Secondary Target
Who holds your primary target accountable or holds power over them? What influence do you have
Short Term What are the Shortterm Goals or Partial Victories that can be steps towards the intermediate goal? Ex: get bill out of committee in state
Opponents
Who actively organizes against you? Can you proactively neutralize any opponents?
Tactics must: Clearly show your power Be flexible & creative Be directed at a specific target Resonate w members Escalate through a timeline Tactics include: Official contact: meetings, letters, phone calls Educational, awareness-raising events Public pressure: callins, e-mail or letterwriting campaigns Media events: press conferences, media releases, oped/editorials, etc. Petition Drive, election
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Goals are always concrete improvements in peoples lives!
over them?