5-Minute Message: Start SMARTER
Help your 2011 preparedness initiatives get off to a great start by creating shared goals with your team, and look to see that they follow the SMARTER guidelines:
Specific – have such clarity that everyone understands the intended outcome
Measurable – pick a measurement that matters and remember: quality often means more than quantity
Achievable - be sure that the goal can be accomplished with your available resources
Relevant – tie your goals to your primary mission
Time-plotted – create a timeline with milestones and a firm end date
Engaging – meaningfully engage your team and extended community in creating and fulfilling your preparedness goals
Resilient – build in back up people and plans so that your project can withstand the inevitable shifts in funding, personnel turnover, and social trends.
Let’s all be SMARTER about preparedness in 2011!
Tip: Give everyone the SMARTER list and help your team become brilliant at creating, refining and fulfilling on project goals.
