START UP THE PLANNING, MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING CYCLE CHECK-LIST NEEDS ASSESSED CONTEXTUAL AWARENESS MAPPING STRATEGIC PLANNING LEARN AND ADJUST STRATEGY DEFINE MISSION/ VISION LOG FRAME THEORY OF CHANGE EVALUATE IMPACT CHOOSE AIMS MONITOR PROGRESS AGAINST GOALS AND OBJECTIVES SELECT INDICATORS OF SUCCESS SET QUANTITATIVE TARGETS GATHER DATA IMPLEMENT This illustration shows what a planning cycle might look like; there is no single, right way to do strategic planning. 50 | A C O M M U N I T Y- B A S E D P R A C T I T I O N E R ’ S G U I D E : D O C U M E N T I N G C I T I Z E N S H I P A N D OT H E R F O R M S O F L E G A L I D E N T I T Y BIG PICTURE GOALS SMART OBJECTIVES