Clarify the responsibilities for each logistics team member.

During the first logistics team meeting, team members need to clarify responsibilities and confirm the deadlines set during the work team's planning (design) stage. One of the easiest ways to make sure that each person is on the same page and knows what to do and when to do it is to generate checklists for each job. These checklists will reflect the decisions the work team has made about each step of the effort.

Each person works as part of the overall team effort. It is particularly important for people in key roles to keep communicating and not get too focused on just getting the checklist done at all costs. The checklist is a supportive tool, but old-fashioned communication - talk - will still be your surest path to success.

View sample checklists for each of the four logistics team jobs (View job descriptions):

• Checklist for recruiters
• Checklist for site managers
• Checklist for facilitator trainers
• Checklist for facilitator coordinators

(Your checklists may not include all of these same steps; it will depend on the decisions the work team made back in the design stage.)

Next: Draw a random sample.