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Implement Your Plan
Step 4: Implement Your Plan
Part of the Five Steps of Action to equip Youth Advocates for Community Health.

Implementation pulls together all the work that youth have done. During this step, youth follow the action plan to implement the project and evaluate as they go. Youth should make sure to communicate to the community about their efforts.
Implement Your Plan Overview from the Guidebook
Facilitators working with youth advocates will find:
- A list of the crucial questions youth will need answers to before they are finished implementing their action plan
- Suggestions for the three crucial parts of implementation: taking action, evaluating success, and communicating results
- A troubleshooting guide for six challenges youth sometimes experience as they implement their project:
- Challenge 1: Difficulty getting started
- Challenge 2: Implementation isn’t going as planned
- Challenge 3: Not knowing how the project is going
- Challenge 4: Participants not being satisfied with the project
- Challenge 5: Difficulties with reaching the right audience
- Challenge 6: Narrowing down the message when there is so much to tell
- And an evaluation checkpoint, which allows youth to be sure they are ready to move on and reminds them to reflect and celebrate their accomplishments
Supplemental Implement Your Plan Resources
Handouts
Youth Self-Assessment Handout—Implement Your Plan
Don’t forget to reflect and evaluate before you move on.