Walk A Mile In Her Shoes By Allison Heimlich

About Event aimed at raising awareness for sexual assault and domestic violence Walk the Walk Walk a Mile in Her Shoes asks men to literally walk one mile in women's high-heeled shoes Talk the Talk Open communication about sexualized violence

Domestic Violence Statistics October is dedicated to Domestic Violence Awareness, a cause that affects women in the time it took to read this sentence. Every nine seconds a woman is assaulted or beaten. Nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner, which equates to more than 10 million women and men in the US alone.

Project Analysis Problem Statement Outreach from the Becky’s House on USD’s campus has currently been minimal despite the Women’s Center efforts to improve relations Project Objective To raise awareness on campus and in the community

Project scopre Project Justification This is a growing problem that is very dangerous since it is a silent one. The more we facilitate conversation and raise awareness, the more we contribute to reducing violence and ending abuse. Project Success Criteria 500 participants at the event $7,000 raised for Becky’s House

Event Requirements Exciting: Participants must feel a sense of pride in completing the pride and want to participate the next year and talk about the event in a positive light Impactful Community and participants must realize the severity of the cause we are raising awareness for and have walked away with new information Meaningful Community must gain insight on the issue and want to renew the event annual

Return of investment Expected Benefits Raise awareness and money for a cause through donations and community support Expected Costs $3,000 for shoes, prizes and food

Measure of Success Overall amount donated beats previous year prior Resourceful budget Event planned for timely purpose Final outcome of the event be positive, for that is the “final product” Main aim of the event is to raise awareness and motivate people to volunteer or be involved in abuse prevention. In order to deem the outcome successful the attitudes of participants and observers should generally be positive.

Project Design Feasibility Study Project Management class Will be able to hold the event on campus easily t It does not cost much to put on Depends on participates, sponsors, and donations Communication Management Strategy Guidelines should follow business guidelines in that all emails must be answered on weekdays by the end of the day, or on weekends by the morning of the first business day. Useful to implement organizational app such as Asana or Wrike to manage all tasks and keep communication fluid. Risk Management Strategy Individual, group, and project documentation, weekly updates, and meetings

Requirement analysis Locations for beginning and end of walk Speakers for the stories and information Vendors for food Volunteers/cheerers for the walkers Supplies for the Event Website, Email Campaign and Facebook Page Flyers, Promotional Videos and Banners

Project Documentation/implementation Timeline 3-4 months depending on the event date relative to the start of the semester. Event may want to be at the latest date All budget summaries should be within the first two weeks Group can establish a plan, and the operations team can get going on buying products to prepare for the event Advertisement video should be created so it can be circulated an viewed, along with the fundraising page, so as many funds as possible are raised Recruitment team must go into meetings at least three weeks prior to the event and send out emails at the beginning, middle and end of semester before the event in order to ensure the awareness of the event The items do not have to be purchased until the day before (or in some cases of ) the event.

Work BreakDown Structure Recruitment Team In charge of recruiting participants, volunteer, cheerers, local business, sponsors, faculty, staff, and outside organizations Going into meetings on campus, emailing all presidents of clubs, as well as traveling around local areas to establish relationships with surrounding businesses Amount of people who attend the event, a huge factor in how successful it runs Marketing Team Putting out flyers around campus, promoting the event through USD TV Creating the iMovie for the event Creating a website in addition to the Facebook Page Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, etc. should be utilized by the team.

Work breakdown structure continued Operations Team In charge of obtaining all the shoes, tablecloths, food, raffle prizes and other supplies for the event In charge of confirming the location of the event, as well as the media during the event such as speakers and music Ensure all T-shirts are available to walkers Agenda for the event and making sure the event runs smoothly Finance Team Budget General budget outline must be created for the event Realistic Bare minimum Idealistic Every item or extra products the team would want to include if we had sufficient funding GoFundMe page and raising money for donations and supplies.

Documentation/Testing Each team member documents everything they do, including timelines, WBS, budgets, or tasks assignment to them How they implement it or completed the task If they faced challenges Changes for future all people who helped or participated documented Next year can see who attended and try and recruit reoccurring groups or see which ones were unhelpful or unresponsive Amount of people who committed to the event versus who actually came to the event Success rate and outcome of the event Comparison between the expected money raised and the actual amount Expense management success

Final Analysis/Methods of Evaluation Amount of people who sign up versus the amount of people who showed up Anticipated donations versus how much was donated Planning versus how the event actually ran After effect of the event (satisfaction of participants) If participants and other parties seem to have a high level of satisfaction we know we were successful in at least one of our goals If the budget, amount of recruited people, and how the event ran were also successful, the overall project was a success If not all goals are met, it is important to keep in mind the top goals, thus if the event can be recreated and we laid out a good foundation for coming years, the event would be deemed successful Team members contribution determined by the records they turn in to the project manager at the end as well as the peer evaluation rubrics that are filled out