In Ch$.12,$ Lee Staples writes at length about targets. $($You have seen these in power maps and the Midwest Academy Strategy Chart.$)$ Who can meet your requests$/$demands and who also will be accessible to pressure from your group? Is it the governor, a corporate CEO, the mayor, a commissioner, the city council, a hospital administrator, or the school committee? Staples says, $"$To pursue its objectives, the action group attempts to influence a target system, which may be internal $($e$.$g$.,$ motivating community members to participate$)$ or external $($e$.$g$.,$ pressuring institutional decision makers to do what they otherwise would not$).$ There are a number of factors to consider when determining whom to target." What does Staples advise about targets? $($Check all that apply.$)$

Identify and leverage the target's self$-$interests, such as votes, customers, public image, or career advancement.

It can be strategic to smoke out the hidden powers that be rather than those with visible power in decision$-$

making.

Always begin with your levers, decision$-$makers with less authority, before moving towards your primary target

Research is often needed to understand the chain of command and determine who actually has decision$-$making

authority over the issues you are raising.

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