IASSIST Strategic Plan2010-2014

History of IASSIST Strategic Planning

• 1990s – Ann Green and Chuck Humphrey

• 2002-2004 – Bill Block, Kate McNeill, Joel Herndon, Chuck Humphrey, Melanie Wright, Ron Decker

History of IASSIST Strategic Planning

• 2-year effort• 1 year of information gathering

– Informal membership survey– less formal than current planning– AC discussion and brainstorming

• 3 themes:– Education– Outreach– Advocacy

Strategic Plan Action Group

• Informal Discussions

• Action Group Survey

• Membership Survey

Action Group Themes

• Training

• Advocacy

• Innovation

• Community

Membership Survey Themes

• Education

• Outreach

• Advocacy

• Strategic Directions

• Communication

• Organizational Structure

The following is the most effective way that IASSIST fulfills its Education objective:

• Workshops at the annual conference (13)• Sessions at the annual conference (10)• Website (6) – though prevailing sentiment is

that it *could* be – but perhaps currently is not• IASSIST mailing list (4)

The following is the least effective way that IASSIST fulfills its Education objective:

• Website (10)• Insular nature of annual conference – not

enough dissemination of content (3)

The following is the most effective way that IASSIST fulfills its Outreach objective:

• Outreach Committee (8)• Collaboration with other organizations (5)• Support of colleagues in countries not

established in IASSIST (3)

The following is the least effective way that IASSIST fulfills its Outreach objective:

• Lack of Collaboration with other organizations (5)

• “IASSIST at a Glance” Brochure / distribution (5)• Not enough efforts to welcome newcomers(4)

The following is the most effective way that IASSIST fulfills its Advocacy objective:

• Standards advocacy (4)• Members’ actions (4)• Data access advocacy (4)

The ideal communication strategy for IASSIST would be:

• Maintain listserv as primary communication method (8)• Not enough time to engage active communication

methods such as the blog – keep communications simple!(5)

• Make IQ more accessible – indexed, online journal (3)• Wiki for education (2)• More options for smaller, sub-group communications

(forums, blogs) (2)

Regarding organizational structure, I think that the organization should:• Maintain current volunteer structure, encourage

involvement (4)• Hire administrative help to improve

organizational responsiveness (4)• Make greater effort to involve new and less-

active members (3)