Action Planning

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MYAN aims to connect you with a wide range of organizations and resources on this topic. If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact MYAN. 

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Who's Who in Maine

Maine Youth Action Network
http://myan.org
An action plan can help you and your group set goals and plan the steps along the way to achieving them. MYAN provides tools and technical support to assist youth groups in creating and achieving their action plans. Some action planning tools are available below, or contact MYAN for more support.

YOUTHINK
A Portland based youth philanthropy board that, in partnership with adult allies, offers grants to youth and youth groups that support youth-driven social change. YOUTHINK is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and has funded and supported many successful youth development endeavors in Greater Portland. 

• YOUTHINK facilitated action planning sessions at MYAN's 23rd Annual Peer Leadership Conference. They shared some of their “tried and true” tools for understanding the issues and creating change such as the root causes tree activity and how to “plan backwards.” If you would like to learn more about their action planning tools, youth philanthropy or just learn more about YOUTHINK they can be reached through Ainsley Wallace at 874-8236 or at wallaa@portlandschools.org.
  

Additional Web Resources

Act for Youth
http://www.actforyouth.net/?yalpe
Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth is an innovative youth development initiative that promotes social change to help young people thrive.

• ACT for Youth publishes Youth and Adult Leaders for Program Excellence: A Practical Guide for Program Assessment and Action Planning (the YALPE Resource Kit), designed for groups that are seeking to promote positive youth development through strategies of youth participation, youth activism, youth voice and youth-adult partnership across a full range of contexts. The tools and methods are grounded in research on youth development and are user-friendly for both youth and adults. The YALPE Resource Kit is most appropriate for programs that are actively seeking to improve their services, and which perceive youth as being key actors/partners in that process. The Guide is available for purchase on their website.

Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development
http://www.theinnovationcenter.org
The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development connects thinkers and leaders of all ages to develop fresh ideas, forge new partnerships, and design strategies that engage young people and their communities.

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines
http://www.icbl.org/youth/action/plan.html
This program's mission is support work to ban landmines across the world, but they have a great page about planning an event/taking action, including the cycle of a project, and questions to ask yourself along the way that would apply to any planning process.