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Third East Asian Seas Youth Forum
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PLAN
Having big dreams, even specific objectives is great – but before you go rushing
into it, it’s always good to sit down and do a little planning and preparation.
How can you make your objectives a reality? What will you actually do? Rather than figure it out entirely as you go, it’s good to
brainstorm it as much as possible upfront. Think about each objective and write down on your worksheet all the different things you
want to do to achieve it and group similar types of activities together.
Objective 1
Objective 2
Objective 3
Workplan and Timeline
To help develop a timeline you need to consider:
• What needs to happen before I can do this?
• What can be done once I’ve done this?
• And, how long will it take to do? (What date will you start? What date will the activity be complete?)
Often you’ll have a deadline for your project to be complete, so once you’ve finalized the order of the activities you might want to work
backwards from the deadline.
Now – use your worksheet to write all of this down in one place – the overall categories, the specific activities, and the dates you’ll
complete them. This is called a workplan. If you already know who will be doing the tasks, you can even put names next to the tasks so
everyone knows who has agreed to do what - and by when they need to have them finished.
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