LMD Service Plan 2019
Strategies
- Provide members with news and information about leadership and management tips and best practices
- Provide channels for effective communications among our members
- Encourage member participation in LMD committees and activities
- Recognize member contributions via LMD Awards
- Provide growth and leadership opportunities for LMD members
- Expand outreach by collaborating with related entities within the larger SLA and in other organizations
- Promote mentoring opportunities between our members
- Make effective use of technologies provided by SLA and other sources to deliver services and connect members
Aims
Communication
Ensure comprehensive communication of:
- LMD activities and programs inside SLA
- SLA and LMD brands
- Our members’ success stories
- SLA resources, especially as related to leadership and management
Engage with Membership
- Encourage member interaction to share their leadership values, experience and best practices
- Use a range of communications channels including SLA Connect, direct mail and social media to reach the broadest number of members
- Provide communications support to LMD Sections and Committees
Public Relations
- Increase awareness of the division and its value to members
Membership
- Understand the demographics and professional needs of our Division’s members
- Define and promote member services
- Promote an active cross-sectoral and global membership
- Mentor and support our membership
- Actively recruit new members, including students
- Support and retain existing members
Organization
- Provide a fiscally and administratively sound organization for the benefit of our members
- Operate the Division in a business-like manner
- Provide an overall structure that enables the implementation of the service plan
- Operate the Division in an open manner, making meetings, minutes, and outcomes of decisions available to members as soon as possible
- Provide a supportive environment to encourage networking and the building of relevant skills
Professional Development
- Provide high-quality relevant professional development opportunities appropriate to our membership’s varying levels of experience and interest to encourage professional growth
- Plan a variety of programs and webinars to target specific audiences throughout the year
- Provide relevant content to members and the wider community, e.g., share tips, articles and news on leadership and management related topics
- Provide a supportive environment to encourage networking and the building of relevant skills
2019 Goals
- Elizabeth Trudell - Promote member services and increase member engagement on SLA Connect
- Elizabeth Trudell - Create and send survey to members on LMD services/programming
- Joanie Olivier - Raise necessary funds to cover all non-conference programming and awards
- Rebecca Jones & Therese Mainville-Celso - Deliver relevant, quality programming
- Offer 6 webinars a year (1 advanced, 1 business partner, 1 international, etc.)
- Create and Execute LMD’s 2019 conference programs
- Explore programming/outreach specific to middle managers/senior executives
- Explore programming/outreach specific to new leaders
- Offer programming available live in different time zones
- Natasha Chowdory - Continue to work with the new Diversity and Inclusion Caucus (DICE) and look for opportunities for collaboration
- Geraldine Clement-Stoneham and Debbie Schachter- Review LMD’s Governing Documents and Policy and Procedures document against the new guidelines from SLA HQ