2. Develop idea and aims Shepherding your event through initial concept to reality requires an understan-ding of the interests, diversity and trends of the community. Your first steps will be: • Communicating with stakeholders, associates, civic and community leaders about your idea • Finding people who will help turn your idea into a workable festival Determine your goals After carried out the community analysis for interest, ideas and recommendations and forming a group of interested people, you can begin to develop a statement of what are festival objectives are going to be and how you plan to achieve them. Take time to develop both a Vision Statement and Mission Statement through di-scussion of the values, goals, contributions and growth that is anticipated. 3. Organizational team • New festivals can be comprised of a small committee of people commit-ted to the project. So your first step is to determine how many people you’ll need to organize and run the festival and where will you find them. • As your festival grows, you may decide to expand your committee and have sub committees to handle things like policies, rules and regulations, finances and decision- making. • Choosing a good team empowers the organization with the best possible potential for success. Having a • team that agrees to the objectives and goals, and is willing and able to see the process through will foster: Collaboration, Creative thinking, Positive discussion and debate, Informative communication, Support and encouragement 91