CHAPTER 13Follow-up That Works

Follow-up Starts during Planning

Steering-committee decisions from months earlier make a big difference in the last few hours of a Future Search. People need resources to support follow-up. Are steering-committee members prepared to provide a meeting space, mailings, a Web site, and e-mail assistance if needed? Have the planners considered how they will inform people who were not there? Did they schedule a review meeting? You can and should plant the seeds for follow-up during planning.

New things will happen if the right mix of stakeholders is in the room. Those who invite funders, for example, are more likely to get money after a Future Search than those who don’t (see many examples in Chapter 7). With the right ...

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