1. Promoting Adoption of the Initiative's Mission and Objectives

2. What is promoting adoption of the initiative's mission & objectives?
Getting others to provide financial or in-kind support
Getting other groups to do the same types of things you do
Getting others to promote your mission and objectives

3. A mission statement is your organization's statement of purpose--what your group is going to do and why
Objectives are short-term goals that your organization can use as intermediate markers of its progress

4. Why promote adoption of the initiative's mission & objectives?
To increase the overall impact of your work
To insure that your work will continue when your group is no longer around

5. Whom should you approach?
People or groups that are similar to you or your group
Broader audiences
Influential community members

6. How do you get others to adopt?
Decide who you should adopt your mission
Cultivate bonds
Get the word out
Show that your initiative has yielded positive results
Focus on mutual interests
Avoid irrelevant issues
Make specific proposals