THE ACTION PLAN (20% of course grade)

Engage in an effective process of turning vision into action; moving from knowing to doing.

Based upon a solid written mission statement and a clear vision you are

asked to devise a plan of action for the next 12 months that practically moves

you closer to what you have envisioned for your life. Someone once wisely

stated, “He or she who fails to plan, plans to fail.” The Action Plan is an

assignment that is designed to help you turn your mission and vision into

concrete action. Many people have great ideas in their heads about what

they want to be and do in the future but they never put those great ideas on

paper. By putting your Action Plan on paper you will move your mission

and vision one step closer to becoming something that is visible, tangible and

concrete in the real world. This assignment requires you to develop specific

measurable goals, strategies, and tactics that are solely based upon and

directly connected to your mission statement and vision paper. The hope is

that as a result of you putting on paper some specific measurable goals,

strategies, and tactics you will be enabled and empowered to translate your

preferred future into a present concrete reality. Specific information will be

given during the class lectures that will help you with doing this assignment.

(5 full pages minimum, double-spaced and stapled).