The Tools of the Trade.  We offer you some easy-to-use planning matrices that should help you to organize your thinking and get a clearer picture on how you would like to pursue your project.  

In particular, The Changemakers Planning Matrix enables you to capture the "three key variables" in the context of the three approaches in a systematic chart.  By filling it out you're ensured that you are not missing any potential approach and that you're considering the most promising variables.  

The Changemakers Approaches Matrix enables you to keep in mind that the three key variables can all serve as "agents" for change.  This matrix ties the agent with the beneficiary in all their logical configurations.

The Environmental Scan, which catalogues the various environments (settings and situations) that a changemaker needs to assess, especially the ones that are underperforming. 

The Energy Audit serves as a "thermometer" to use in assessing the strength of a setting or situation.