Pre Project

During Project

After the Project

• Identify who to engage with (facilitated meeting with stakeholders) Stakeholders = funders, gatekeepers, champions, lobbyists, producers, community, regional councils

• Identify problem/opportunity

• Find a ‘champion’ within industry/target group

• Indentify who can influence change (ask key people)

• Quantify the problem/opportunity – identify related problems

• Write proposal (consultatively to address problems)

• Understand roles required

• Identify barriers/drivers for change (social research)

• Do the groundwork well (road map development)

• Identify key constraints

• Identify funders and their needs

• External/internal communication – variety of methods (timely reporting/ongoing within group)

• Assign roles – delegate/subcontract

• Regular meetings to track the project

• Formative evaluation process (assign the role) – plan, act, review

• Delivery of milestones – focus on project activity, raise awareness

• Do the science

• Mentor/focus/reference group set up to monitor and guide (12-15 people optimum, meet twice yearly) is not the same as project management team – this group will critique results, review direction, be responsible for big picture of content not management

• All funders acknowledged in communications

• Build awareness of problem – briefing paper circulated to stakeholders

• Activity can equal dissemination (eg holding workshops during the project)

• Develop tools/extension material

• Celebrate success

• Keep others briefed

• Business plan development may be required (consider best use of IP developed)

• Make sure potential findings picked up by industry – identify pathway to market

• Identify on going funding if required (eg web-based product will need up dating)

• Integrate into existing industry programmes or new programmes

• Submit for further funding (commercial or SFF or other funders)

• Value second generation projects

• Simple observations/feedback/measure of success

• Evaluation/where to from here

• Role of business/agri-industry to keep information out there

• Further IP to be developed

• More communication can be done through other people’s venues (eg tertiary institute seminars etc)

• Long-term removal of constraints as solutions are identified (Trevor effect)

• Review results – were questions answered?

• Acknowledge inputs (time and $$)

• Reward the team

• Identify how to manage or benefit from IP (freely available vs self funding)