4 customisable OKR examples for Community Outreach Team
What are Community Outreach Team OKRs?
The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.
Writing good OKRs can be hard, especially if it's your first time doing it. You'll need to center the focus of your plans around outcomes instead of projects.
We have curated a selection of OKR examples specifically for Community Outreach Team to assist you. Feel free to explore the templates below for inspiration in setting your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own Community Outreach Team OKRs with AI
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own OKRs.
Our customisable Community Outreach Team OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Community Outreach Team Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to broaden supporter base, targeting businesses, churches and schools
Broaden supporter base, targeting businesses, churches and schools
Establish 10 new partnerships with local businesses by quarter end
Identify potential local business partnership opportunities
Arrange meetings to propose collaborations
Finalize and sign partnership agreements
Engage 5 churches in sponsorships or fundraisers for quarterly objectives
Identify and create a list of potential church partners
Develop compelling sponsorship and fundraising proposals
Arrange meetings to present proposals to church leaders
Implement 3 new teaching programs in schools, reaching 500+ students
Identify reputable teaching programs suitable for school implementation
Monitor and evaluate the programs' effectiveness and reach after implementation
Coordinate with schools for program integration and student engagement
2. OKRs to investigate antibiotic resistance in human health
Investigate antibiotic resistance in human health
Conduct a literature review on 30 recent studies about antibiotic resistance
Thoroughly review and synthesize each study
Identify 30 recent studies on antibiotic resistance
Write a conclusive report on the findings
Identify and document three main causes of drug resistance in humans
Write a clear, concise document outlining these causes
Research literature on primary causes of human drug resistance
Analyze study findings and identify three main causes
Develop an action plan to spread awareness in two communities about antibiotic misuse
Organize community education sessions/workshops
Create informative material on antibiotic misuse
Identify key influencers in both communities for partnerships
3. OKRs to improve responsiveness to residents' emails
Improve responsiveness to residents' emails
Create an organized system to track received and replied emails effectively
Regularly update and maintain your email tracking system
Implement a priority tagging system for urgent mails
Setup categorization labels within your email client
Decrease average email response time to under 24 hours for 90% of emails
Schedule dedicated hours for responding to emails
Set up notifications to alert on received emails
Implement an email management system
Receive positive feedback on communication from 80% of the residents
Draft and distribute clear and concise communication to residents
Provide response to feedback and adjust communication methods accordingly
Regularly solicit feedback on communication methods
4. OKRs to enhance volunteer recruitment and retention for grant research and social media
Enhance volunteer recruitment and retention for grant research and social media
Increase 15% volunteers' engagement through regular interactive activities
Implement weekly interactive events tailored for volunteer interests
Develop a reward system for active volunteer participation
Strengthen communication channels for easier volunteer interaction
Implement volunteer tracking system to reduce dropout rate by 30%
Develop volunteer engagement strategies
Research and select specific volunteer tracking software
Train staff on using tracking system
Attain a 25% increase in volunteer signups for grant research and social media
Improve outreach in local community networking events
Develop incentive programs to encourage sign-ups
Launch an engaging recruitment campaign targeting potential volunteers
Community Outreach Team OKR best practices to boost success
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
![Tability Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability-insights-board.e70f9466.png)
Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
![Tability Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/checkins-graph.b2aec458.png)
Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
How to turn your Community Outreach Team OKRs in a strategy map
The rules of OKRs are simple. Quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly, and yearly OKRs should be tracked monthly. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.
![A strategy map in Tability](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability_strategy_map.2ad25843.png)
If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More Community Outreach Team OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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OKRs to implement an Efficient, Global Community of Practice (CoP) Model
OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples
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