1. Develop your enactment strategy.
Identify the steps you and your partners will take to enact the policy. Your stakeholders can play an important role in this step. For example, if your policy involves writing a new policy, your stakeholders will know—usually from past experience—the best contacts and partners who can help guide your policy through the appropriate process. Because they previously traveled to the same destination and successfully navigated the same route, you might learn a lot from them. Stakeholders might also be able to help with timing of the policy.
2. Develop and draft the policy.
Start by trying to find pre-existing language for the policy. This might come from a model policy or policies others have drafted. In other words, you might be able to get to your destination via a well-traveled route. On the other hand, if nothing exists, you’ll need to chart a new course and write new language. As the policy is drafted, consider how it might work in your situation and what additional information or resources may be needed for implementation.
