Evaluate Your Work

After every event or program or action you take, you should always reflect on your work to see what you can do better next time. Think about these questions:

1. What have you accomplished?

2. Who has helped you accomplish this?

3. Would you consider this event/action to be a success? Why or why not?

4. Do you think enough planning went into the event/action?

5. Do you think your group was inclusive and worked to involve as many people as possible?

6. Was there any room for improvement? If you plan on repeating this event / action, do you want to do anything differently next time?

You don’t necessarily need to write down answers to these questions each time, but you should definitely keep them in mind as you grow and expand – that way you can maximize the power of your initiative.