Spelling out desired results: Library example

Do you think the solutions are likely to lead to the desired outcomes? Do the outcomes meet the needs?

NEEDS

Riverton residents want a writers' group for critique and review of autobiographical writing.

SOLUTIONS

Hire a facilitator to guide critiques of writers' work and revisions.

Schedule group discussion with three Kentucky writers of autobiography.

Arrange publication and public reading of selections from each participant.

DESIRED OUTCOMES

Participants improve their writing.

Participants demonstrate they feel themselves to be part of a community of writers.