Strategic Plan

category:sitedev
==Mission Statement==
Civic Roots Corp engages nonprofit employees and community members to write about social issues and the people and organizations who work toward social change.
	
==Goals and Objectives==
 	
Goals 	Objectives/Activities/Programs
Develop a web-based, open-source, collaborative magazine platform 	Design the softrware blueprint(what we want from it, what we want it to do) within the first month of hiring our lead developer
Develop the online magazine, potentially called Civic Roots 	StructureContent
Implement the platform as the online magazine 	Maybe have specific geographic focus e.g., Silicon Valley Edition or Bay Area EditionIdeally, this first part of the process will finish in 6 months
Use the platform to connect people who work in nonprofits by encouraging them to write about other people who are contributing to their communities	Get people to use the magazine/social-networking siteGive students and other volunteers and opportunity to develop their skills in communications, journalism, and new, web-based tools (podcasting, videocasting, etc.)
Internship program 	Interns develop and lead trainings on subjects such as writing, technology related to our platform. That way the interns get the leadership experience, and the organization benefits from having more people aware of its services and technology, and the community benefits from being better able to utilize the emerging internet technologies.
==Resources==