Identify Stakeholders
Stakeholders are people who have something “at stake” or have something invested in your organization. They share the agency’s “vision” or “mission.”
Your stakeholders may be:
- potential clients
- human or social service representatives
- school district personnel
- business owners/employers
- libraries
- representatives from churches/faith-based groups
- vocational/technical instructors or administrators
- health care providers
- literacy advocates
- potential volunteers (tutors)
- community leaders
- philanthropists
- local media
What is a Steering Committee?
Your Steering Committee might have people who participated in your focus groups or needs assessment.
Your Steering Committee will:
- name the organization
- file the Articles of Incorporation
- find funding or a fiscal agent
- draft the mission statement and Bylaws
- begin the operation of the organization
- call for the first organizational meeting
- select the Board of Directors
