Sets the Steering Committee Informs Steering Committee Communicates the Steering agenda agenda Committee Agenda, sets and Agenda Setting communicates the Core Team Informs Core Team agenda Agenda Oversight of Provide guidance and input to Leadership provides guidance Backbone Backbone Organization. and oversight to staff working Organization in the Backbone Identify specific opportunities Advocate for alignment with CI Support member efforts to Mutually for Steering Committee and initiative within member’s implement mutually Reinforcing Work Groups to support organization reinforcing activities Activities mutually reinforcing activities Level of Monthly meetings and weekly Bi-monthly or quarterly Daily responsiveness to the Commitment email interaction meetings needs Communicate about progress Communicate about progress Maintain communication of CI initiative to potential of CI initiative with their materials/channels to make it Communication funders and across Work organizations and key easy for all stakeholders to Groups stakeholders disseminate information Resolves project conflicts and Resolves any conflicts and Support conflict resolution Conflict reconciles differences of disputes that cannot be processes, but does not make Resolution opinion and approach resolved in the Core Team any decisions Formal acceptance of most Formal acceptance of major Prepares project deliverables Deliverables project deliverables project deliverables
Agenda Setting Sets the Steering Committee agenda Informs Core Team agenda Informs Steering Committee agenda Communicates the Steering Committee Agenda, sets and communicates the Core Team Agenda Oversight of Backbone Organization Provide guidance and input to Backbone Organization. Leadership provides guidance and oversight to staff working in the Backbone Mutually Reinforcing Activities Identify specific opportunities for Steering Committee and Work Groups to support mutually reinforcing activities Advocate for alignment with CI initiative within member’s organization Support member efforts to implement mutually reinforcing activities Level of Commitment Monthly meetings and weekly email interaction Bi-monthly or quarterly meetings Daily responsiveness to the needs Communication Communicate about progress of CI initiative to potential funders and across Work Groups Communicate about progress of CI initiative with their organizations and key stakeholders Maintain communication materials/channels to make it easy for all stakeholders to disseminate information Conflict Resolution Resolves project conflicts and reconciles differences of opinion and approach Resolves any conflicts and disputes that cannot be resolved in the Core Team Support conflict resolution processes, but does not make any decisions Deliverables Formal acceptance of most project deliverables Formal acceptance of major project deliverables Prepares project deliverables
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