You have a goal, a strategy, an objective – now how do you achieve it?  This course is designed to help participants map all the opportunities available to make things happen.  Participants come to class with 2-3 goals they want to work on.  Through the day we work on skills at mapping strategies, identifying roadblocks, deciding on sequencing of steps, identifying stakeholders and allies, and developing a flexible plan to move them towards their goals.  Along the way we will practice “logic checking”: Do you have the right strategy in mind?  Have you kept the public value in mind?  And how do you measure performance?  We will provide you with new takes on some proven tools and integrate the learning so you leave with specific plans you can use in your work setting.

Instructor:  Mary Kirlin is associate professor and department chair in public policy at California State University – Sacramento.