2013 TUS Survey: TIs

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* 1. What is the name of your Transition Initiative?

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* 2. What is the leadership structure of your Transition Initiative

Initiating Group (or Steering group)

Core Group (made up of Working Group members)

Predominantly One Fearless Leader

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Please check all that apply for your Transition Initiative:

You are hosting awareness raising and/or educational events.

You are hosting networking and/or social events.

You are implementing action projects.

You have influenced local legislation or policy.

You regularly collaborate with non-Transition community organizations.

You are working with other Transition Initiatives, Mulling groups, or community organizations.

You take time to regularly celebrate your accomplishments.

You have been covered by local media.

You have engaged local government.

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* 4. Do you have working groups? If so, how many?

Yes, 1+ groups

Yes, 3+ groups

Yes, 5+ groups

Yes, 8+ groups

None

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* 5. How many people are on your Transition Initiative's distribution list?

1-99

100+

250+

500+

1,000+

2,000+

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* 6. What do you expect the barriers to growing and deepening your Initiative to be over the coming 2 years?

Not enough volunteers

Burnout

Lack of new leadership stepping up

External influences (economic hardship on members, climate change, political dynamics, etc.)

Internal group dynamics

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What is your most exciting accomplishment to date?

Note: we will be compiling these stories to share with Transition Founder Rob Hopkins so that he has local examples to draw from during his upcoming trip to the U.S.

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* 8. Has your Transition Initiative done (or is doing) an innovative project that you think could be replicated in other communities?

Yes

If yes, please specify

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* 9. Have you found any of the following support from Transition US (TUS) to be useful to you and/or your Transition Initiative?

	TUS Support
Email/phone communications with TUS staff	Email/phone communications with TUS staff TUS Support menu
Fundraising support	Fundraising support TUS Support menu
LAUNCH training (aka T4T)	LAUNCH training (aka T4T) TUS Support menu
Models and resources	Models and resources TUS Support menu
Newsletters	Newsletters TUS Support menu
Promotion of your Initiatives activities on the TUS website or in online communications	Promotion of your Initiatives activities on the TUS website or in online communications TUS Support menu
Monthly Tele-salons	Monthly Tele-salons TUS Support menu
Teleseminars	Teleseminars TUS Support menu

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Have you had success in expanding the age, ethnic, or economic diversity of your Initiative?

Yes (if yes, please describe in box below)

If yes, please describe

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* 11. Would you be interested in hosting either of the following trainings?

	Yes	No	Maybe
2-day LAUNCH training to build a strong base for your Transition Initiative or to help seed mulling groups in your region? (LAUNCH is designed to give groups the skills to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition Initiative, http://transitionus.org/training/transition-launch)	2-day LAUNCH training to build a strong base for your Transition Initiative or to help seed mulling groups in your region? (LAUNCH is designed to give groups the skills to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition Initiative, http://transitionus.org/training/transition-launch) Yes	2-day LAUNCH training to build a strong base for your Transition Initiative or to help seed mulling groups in your region? (LAUNCH is designed to give groups the skills to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition Initiative, http://transitionus.org/training/transition-launch) No	2-day LAUNCH training to build a strong base for your Transition Initiative or to help seed mulling groups in your region? (LAUNCH is designed to give groups the skills to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition Initiative, http://transitionus.org/training/transition-launch) Maybe
2-day Effective Collaboration course (this training is for anyone working in a community or organisation, in a social change project, social enterprise or business and who wants to work creatively, dynamically and effectively with others, http://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups)	2-day Effective Collaboration course (this training is for anyone working in a community or organisation, in a social change project, social enterprise or business and who wants to work creatively, dynamically and effectively with others, http://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups) Yes	2-day Effective Collaboration course (this training is for anyone working in a community or organisation, in a social change project, social enterprise or business and who wants to work creatively, dynamically and effectively with others, http://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups) No	2-day Effective Collaboration course (this training is for anyone working in a community or organisation, in a social change project, social enterprise or business and who wants to work creatively, dynamically and effectively with others, http://www.transitionnetwork.org/training/courses/effective-groups) Maybe

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* 12. Help us prioritize - what’s something amazing you’d like to see from TUS in the next 3-5 years?

National media campaign

REconomy project rollout (http://www.reconomy.org/)

Transition Streets rollout (http://www.transitionstreets.org.uk/)

Coordinated awareness campaign carried on at the local level (for example, the Transition Challenge),

National Transition Gathering

A tool and training to measure Community Resilience Indicators

Transition youth program

Support for groups creating Energy Descent Action Plans

Other (please specify)

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* 1. What is the name of your Transition Initiative?

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* 2. What is the leadership structure of your Transition Initiative

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* 3. Please check all that apply for your Transition Initiative:

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* 4. Do you have working groups? If so, how many?

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* 5. How many people are on your Transition Initiative's distribution list?

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* 6. What do you expect the barriers to growing and deepening your Initiative to be over the coming 2 years?

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* 7. What is your most exciting accomplishment to date? Note: we will be compiling these stories to share with Transition Founder Rob Hopkins so that he has local examples to draw from during his upcoming trip to the U.S.

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* 8. Has your Transition Initiative done (or is doing) an innovative project that you think could be replicated in other communities?

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* 9. Have you found any of the following support from Transition US (TUS) to be useful to you and/or your Transition Initiative?

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* 10. Have you had success in expanding the age, ethnic, or economic diversity of your Initiative?

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* 11. Would you be interested in hosting either of the following trainings?

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* 12. Help us prioritize - what’s something amazing you’d like to see from TUS in the next 3-5 years?

* 7. What is your most exciting accomplishment to date?

Note: we will be compiling these stories to share with Transition Founder Rob Hopkins so that he has local examples to draw from during his upcoming trip to the U.S.