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At these stages,news releases can be written. If you wish, Spokesperson for the Leadership Team you can prepare your own news release. Examples of press releases the Media Coordinator might prepare and distribute The Overall Coordinator sometimes serves as the project are included in Appendix D of this booklet. Newspaper spokesman and often is the primary contact for the BR&E coverage is not the only source of publicity for a BR&E Consultant. Visitation program. Radio interviews,television coverage, newsletters,and information bulletins also are excellent methods of informing the community and state about your TIPS ON GETTING PROJECTS community's work with local businesses and efforts to promote economic development. IMPLEMENTED What is the point of doing all of this work and setting OVERALL COORDINATOR priorities on projects to improve the local business climate if few of them are implemented? If this happens,it would Selection of Overall Coordinator have been better to have gone fishing or something else enjoyable. This isn't to say that evey last project must be fully implemented for a BR&E Visitation Program to be The Overall Coordinator is elected by the other four successful. Many very successful people(and programs)set coordinators at the end of the orientation program. In many goals that are very high. Yet,if few or none of the projects cases,the Overall Coordinator also will serve as one of the are implemented,then clearly the BR&E Visitation program other coordinators. However, in some programs,the is a failure. Here are some tips from both experience and a coordinators will wish to invite another person for this role. recent research project on how to ensure greater success in implementation. Help Other Members of the Leadership Follow Sound Strategic Planning Processes Team A study of ninety-one BR&E Visitation programs in four states found that those programs that used basic strategic As a member of the Leadership Team,you must attend planning guidelines had more success in their implementa- Leadership Team meetings regularly and familiarize tion than those that did not." If your project follows the yourself with the roles of other Leadership Team members. approaches outlined in these booklets,your odds of success- Reading this booklet will provide that information,so you fully implementing your projects improves. Table 2 can help others when they need it. Naturally,each coordina- summarizes the results of statistical tests on the relationship for also serves on the Task Force. between the degree of implementation and strategic plan- ning characteristics.`'- Visit Firms As a member of the Leadership Team,you also go on practice visits as well as visit firms after the volunteer training. Convene Leadership Team Meetings This person is responsible for convening the Leadership Team for their meetings and for announcing the Task Force meetings. 16 -- Local Leadership Team Manual