Why come to the Leadership Summit? Three reasons:
- Leadership training
- Unit board meetings including Chapter & Division Cabinets
- Learn more about the inner workings of the Association
Today much of the content was focused on the inner workings of the Association and new initiatives. Two that stand out are:
- Designing & implementing a new Association management system
- Embarking on a strategic realignment of the Association
The first sounds like an enterprise management system (think SAP, for those of you in corporations) and will be used not only by headquarters but by the leaders of all of the units. Members will also interact with it. It should provide a lot of functionality and help to streamline operations. We received a presentation during lunch on the system and there was also a focus group this afternoon. The system will be implemented later this year.
The second is a new effort to understand how to market SLA to information professionals and those that we interact with. In thinking about Chip Heath's presentation yesterday, this will be our effort to create a sticky message about SLA. There was a very good, lively discussion about this and I would encourage you to talk to those who were at the meeting for more information. (And more will surely be in Information Outlook.)
Although the formal meeting is over, there are division board meetings tomorrow (including IT Division). So still more to do.
Fianlly, I'll write more about the Summit once I get back home. I want to post notes from this morning's excellent keynote!
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