1

Plan the newsletter

12

1/15/07

1/30/07

Newsletter Manager, Employees

2

Define the audience and purpose

1

1/15/07

1/15/07

Newsletter Manager

Check with department heads

3

Create budget

1

1/16/07

1/16/07

Newsletter Manager

Set up meeting with CFO

4

Allow fudge days in schedule for problems

5

1/24/07

1/30/07

Newsletter Manager

5

Name the newsletter

7

1/18/07

1/26/07

Employees

6

  Hold contest or employee suggestion box

7

1/18/07

1/26/07

7

Plan monthly newsletter theme

1

1/29/07

1/29/07

Newsletter Manager

8

Contact graphic designer

0

1/17/07

1/17/07

Newsletter Staff

9

Create and distribute work schedule

0

1/24/07

1/24/07

Newsletter Staff

10

Develop story ideas

2

1/25/07

1/26/07

Newsletter Staff, Newsletter Manager, Marketing Manager

11

Develop photo ideas

1

1/26/07

1/26/07

Newsletter Staff

12

Create a stylebook for contributors

1

1/29/07

1/29/07

Newsletter Manager

13

Assign articles

0

1/30/07

1/30/07

Newsletter Manager

14

Publish article on a product and the employees who made it

1

1/24/07

1/24/07

Newsletter Staff

15

Adequate funding

1

1/24/07

1/24/07

Newsletter Manager

16

Staffing

0

1/15/07

1/15/07

Newsletter Manager

17

Get total budget approved early

0

1/24/07

1/24/07

Newsletter Manager

18

Meeting to discuss value of newsletter to all stakeholders

1

1/24/07

1/24/07

Newsletter Manager

19

Select team that works well together

0

1/24/07

1/24/07

Newsletter Manager

20

Design pages and write articles

31

1/15/07

2/26/07

21

Create page layouts

1

1/26/07

1/26/07

Newsletter Staff

22

Write articles

10

1/29/07

2/9/07

Newsletter Staff, Marketing Manager

23

Take photos at company events

25

1/23/07

2/26/07

Newsletter Staff

24

List general services on the back cover

0

1/23/07

1/23/07

Newsletter Staff

25

Publish calendar of company events

0

1/15/07

1/15/07

Newsletter Staff

26

Edit newsletter

3

1/31/07

2/2/07

27

Edit first draft of individual articles

1

1/31/07

1/31/07

Newsletter Staff

28

Fact check

1

2/1/07

2/1/07

Newsletter Staff

29

Evaluate balance of content

1

2/2/07

2/2/07

Newsletter Staff, Newsletter Manager

30

Production

9

2/8/07

2/20/07

31

Send deliverables date reminders to contributors

1

2/16/07

2/16/07

Newsletter Staff

32

Send color and text specs to printers

1

2/19/07

2/19/07

Newsletter Manager

33

Deliver computer files 10 days before printing

1

2/20/07

2/20/07

Newsletter Staff

34

Order quality paper

1

2/8/07

2/8/07

Printing Company

35

Publish and distribute newsletter

4

2/6/07

2/9/07

36

Develop distribution list

2

2/6/07

2/7/07

Newsletter Manager, Newsletter Staff, Marketing Manager, Human Resource Manager

37

Print and bind newsletters

1

2/7/07

2/7/07

Printing Company

38

Distribute newsletters

2

2/8/07

2/9/07

Newsletter Staff