sar strategic planning retreat communication is the key
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SAR Strategic Planning RetreatCommunication is the Key
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ICE BREAKER!!!!
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Ice Breaker
1. Your Name
2. Your Club
3. What Is Your Favorite Thing About Being A Soroptimist?
4. What Do You Hope to Learn Today?
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What Are We Doing Here?
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Four Reasons You Are Here
• To Learn Something
• To Share Your Passion
• To Share Your Talent
• Have Fun!
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What Is a Strategic Plan?
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SIA Strategic Plan
Our federation’s 10-15 year big goal is to increase our collective impact, which means members, clubs, regions, board and staff:
• strengthen our organization (increased)
• by working together, (collective)
• providing women and girls with access to education and training to make a sustainable and measurable difference in their lives. (impact)
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Club Road Map & Region Strategic PlanWorking Together to Increase Our Collective Impact
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Club Road Map: Program
• Participate in our Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women (formerly the Women’s Opportunity Awards).
• Increase the impact for your local recipients of our Live Your Dream Awards by providing support beyond a cash award.
• Include Live Your Dream at-large applications in your club-level judging.
• Plan to participate in our new Girl Program: Dream It, Be It using the Club Planning Toolkit and report on your plans.
• Examine existing club projects to ensure they are in line with our mission to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment.
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SAR Strategic Plan: Program
• Increase in number of clubs giving Soroptimist Dream Awards (Live Your Dream & Dream It, Be It)
• Increase in number of clubs collaborating with other clubs for projects and programs
• Increase in number of clubs participating in Celebrating Success, Club Recognition, & Governor’s Trophy
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Table Discussion
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Take 10 Minutes To Discuss
• How are You going to achieve these goals?
• Are there any road blocks?
• How can other clubs help you achieve these goals?
• How can the region help you and your club achieve your goals?
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Lunch!Be sure to sit with someone new.
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Ice Breaker!
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1. Take a penny
2. When called upon, share something that happened to you during the year that the penny was issued (Extra points if it as Soroptimist event!)
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Club Road Map: Fundraising
• Make SIA your cause of choice to generate federation-wide impact.
• Contribute at least 10 percent of funds raised locally to Club Giving in support of our federation programs.
• Donate Founders Pennies for every member in support of our federation programs.
• Support SIA’s corporate sponsorship program by engaging with official sponsors and partners, and recommending potential sponsors and partners.
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SAR Strategic Plan: Fundraising
• Increase in number of clubs giving Soroptimist Dream Awards (Live Your Dream & Dream It, Be It)
• Increase in Number of Clubs participating in Club Giving
• Increase in Number of Clubs participating in Founders Pennies
• Increase in number of clubs collaborating with other clubs for fundraising efforts
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Table Discussion
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Take 10 Minutes To Discuss
• How are You going to achieve these goals?
• Are there any road blocks?
• How can other clubs help you achieve these goals?
• How can the region help you and your club achieve your goals?
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Club Road Map: Membership
• Focus on recruiting new members into your club.
• Start up new clubs.
• Create a happy and healthy club experience.
• Use your SIA-created club email address.
• Attend at least one region event a year.
• Provide personal email addresses to SIA headquarters.
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SAR Strategic Plan: Membership
• Establish SAR Membership Council (Committee)
• SAR Clubs designate one member to respond to requests from SAR Membership Council.
• Get on the MemberSHIP! SAR clubs participate fully in Everyone – Bring one Campaign.
• Each SAR club would set their unique retention goal, which they share with SAR Membership Council, and meet it.
• Using SIA’s membership study, Membership Council would work towards a toolkit for getting and maintain members.
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Table Discussion
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Take 10 Minutes To Discuss
• How are You going to achieve these goals?
• Are there any road blocks?
• How can other clubs help you achieve these goals?
• How can the region help you and your club achieve your goals?
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Club Road Map: Public Relations
• Join and promote LiveYourDream.org both within and outside of our federation.
• Promote the Soroptimist Live Your Dream Awards and other mission-focused programs.
• Follow our federation’s collective efforts on social media sites.
• Use our federation’s brand identity guidelines, including using the SIA logo on all materials.
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SAR Strategic Plan: Public Relations
• Clubs will be aware of and use SIA Resources
• Clubs will submit articles and photos to SIA
• Clubs will use club e-mail addresses
• Clubs will use branding and logo of SIA
• Clubs will have either a website or Facebook page
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Table Discussion
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Take 10 Minutes To Discuss
• How are You going to achieve these goals?
• Are there any road blocks?
• How can other clubs help you achieve these goals?
• How can the region help you and your club achieve your goals?
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How Can We Help Each Other?
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Updates & Next Steps
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Important Dates
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2014• July 1 Celebrating Success Awards due to Region Chair LouAnne Hunnicutt
• October 3 Founder’s Day
• October 4 SAR Fall Meeting, Hosted by SI Montgomery County: College Park Marriott Hotel
• October 18 SAR Fall Meeting, Hosted by SI Manassas: Heritage Hunt Golf & Country Club
• October 25 SAR Fall Meeting, Hosted by SI Salisbury: LaQuinta Inn & Suites, Salisbury
• November 15 Form 990 due to IRS no later than this date (Clubs with FY July 1 ‐ June 30)
• November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• December 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• December 10 International President’s Appeal (Solar Energy & Cookery)
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2015
• January 15 SAR Presidents Conference Call (8 PM)
• January 20 Live Your Dream Awards Due to Region Chair, Chris Kreiling
• February 15 Inform Region Chair of Dream It, Be It, Johann Dretchen of your club’s programs
• March 8 International Women’s Day
• April 16 SAR Presidents Conference Call (8 PM)
• May 1- 3 South Atlantic Region Spring Conference – DoubleTree, Williamsburg, VA
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Other Important Items
• Subscribe to the SAR Listserv by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]
• Post a message on the SAR Listserv by sending an e-mail to: [email protected]
• Like SAR on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/WQC45i
• Visit us on the web at: www.soroptimist-sar.org
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Closing Thoughts