In Section 3: Partnerships & Collaboration, you learned about the importance of developing and maintaining partnerships. There are people who may already be vested in the success of your program and can help by contributing time or resources.
Directions: Use this tool to first brainstorm about all of your current and potential stakeholders (e.g., staff members, volunteers, families, funders, community partners, local politicians, and community groups). Refer back to your asset map (Tool 34), needs assessment (Tool 35), and market analysis (Tool 15) for more ideas about who to include here. Then record how they can and do benefit from, as well as contribute to, your afterschool and expanded learning program. When you can clearly spell out the benefits of working with your program, stakeholders will be much more likely to want to participate. Think about how you might encourage them to take their involvement or contribution to the next level.