Strategic Plan Timeline
Our strategic plan champions are working hard to tackle our goals, one by one. Below is the full list of champion meetings for 2023.
To become a strategic plan champion, or to get more information, contact Macel Ely via email or at (865) 974-9830.
- Financial Responsibility: Rumira Xhaferaj, (865) 974-0968
- Marketing and Communications: Susan Robertson, (865) 974-8518
- People: Tomi Rogers, (865) 974-1535
- Programs: Jon Walden, (615) 532-3555
| Date | Committee & Discussion Topics |
|---|---|
| January 24 | People: Repository for services, events and programs. |
| January 26 | Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. |
| February 1 | Programs: Facilitate an annual meeting for the IPS leadership team to engage members of the IPS advisory board on suggestions of known trends or identified needs on which IPS agencies might focus in the future. |
| February 7 | People: Offer an ongoing repository of resources available to address work-life harmony concerns experienced by employees. Provide annual information and/or training for best practices in alternative work assignments (AWA) for all employees. |
| February 13 | People: Promote the IPS mentoring program, providing updated resources, training and expanding the program in sequential years. |
| February 14 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| February 23 | Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. |
| March 9 | Programs: Facilitate an annual meeting for the IPS leadership team to engage members of the IPS advisory board on suggestions of known trends or identified needs on which IPS agencies might focus in the future. |
| March 14 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| March 21 | People: Offer an ongoing repository of resources available to address work-life harmony concerns experienced by employees. Provide annual information and/or training for best practices in alternative work assignments (AWA) for all employees. |
| March 30 | Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. People: Provide time for employees to participate in job shadowing sessions with employees of other IPS agencies to promote networking and better understanding of the scope of services provided to customers. |
| April 10 | Programs: Create a cross-agency working group to identify and prepare to address emerging trends and needs in training and technical services. The working group would report to the IPS leadership team any discoveries and make recommendations for action items to enhance IPS programmatic services in the future. People: Promote the IPS mentoring program, providing updated resources and training and expanding the program in sequential years. |
| April 11 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| April 25 | Programs: Deliver world-class, relevant and helpful programs to IPS customers by benchmarking with other universities’ and private companies’ programs and by recommending enhancements for current IPS programs. People: Offer an ongoing repository of resources available to address work-life harmony concerns experienced by employees. Provide annual information and/or training for best practices in alternative work assignments (AWA) for all employees. |
| April 27 | Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. |
| May 9 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. Programs: Identify and implement an institute-wide knowledge and customer management system to retain vital knowledge and expertise for IPS employees. |
| May 11 | Programs: Facilitate an annual meeting for the IPS leadership team to engage members of the IPS advisory board on suggestions of known trends or identified needs on which IPS agencies might focus in the future. |
| May 16 | People: Offer an ongoing repository of resources available to address work-life harmony concerns experienced by employees. |
| May 25 | Programs: Deliver world-class, relevant and helpful programs to IPS customers by benchmarking with other universities’ and private companies’ programs and by recommending enhancements for current IPS programs. |
| June 12 | People: Promote the IPS mentoring program, providing updated resources, training and expanding the program in sequential years. |
| June 13 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| June 28 | People: Provide time for employees to participate in job shadowing sessions with employees of other IPS agencies to promote networking and better understanding of the scope of services provided to customers. |
| June 29 | Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. Programs: Deliver world-class, relevant and helpful programs to IPS customers by benchmarking with other universities’ and private companies’ programs and by recommending enhancements for current IPS programs. |
| July 11 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. Programs: Schedule recurring focus groups with customers to evaluate services. |
| July 12 | Programs: Create a cross-agency working group to identify and prepare to address emerging trends and needs in training and technical services. The working group would report any discoveries to the IPS leadership team and make recommendations for action items to enhance IPS programmatic services in the future. |
| July 13 | Programs: Identify and implement an institute-wide knowledge and customer management system to retain vital knowledge and expertise for IPS employees. |
| July 27 | Programs: Deliver world-class, relevant and helpful programs to IPS customers by benchmarking with other universities’ and private companies’ programs and by recommending enhancements for current IPS programs. Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. |
| August 2 | Programs: Schedule recurring focus groups with customers to evaluate services. |
| August 3 | Programs: Schedule recurring focus groups with customers to evaluate services. |
| August 4 | Programs: Schedule recurring focus groups with customers to evaluate services. |
| August 8 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| August 14 | People: Promote the IPS mentoring program, providing updated resources and training and expanding the program in sequential years. |
| August 31 | Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. Programs: Identify and implement an institute-wide knowledge and customer management system to retain vital knowledge and expertise for IPS employees. |
| September 12 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| September 27 | People: Provide time for employees to participate in job shadowing sessions with employees of other IPS agencies to promote networking and better understanding of the scope of services provided to customers. |
| September 28 | Programs: Deliver world-class, relevant and helpful programs to IPS customers by benchmarking with other universities’ and private companies’ programs and by recommending enhancements for current IPS programs. Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. |
| October 9 | People: Promote the IPS mentoring program, providing updated resources and training and expanding the program in sequential years. |
| October 10 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| October 17 | Programs: Identify and implement an institute-wide knowledge and customer management system to retain vital knowledge and expertise for IPS employees. |
| October 26 | Programs: Deliver world-class, relevant and helpful programs to IPS customers by benchmarking with other universities’ and private companies’ programs and by recommending enhancements for current IPS programs. Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. |
| November 8 | Programs: Create a cross-agency working group to identify and prepare to address emerging trends and needs in training and technical services. The working group would report any discoveries to the IPS leadership team and make recommendations for action items to enhance IPS programmatic services in the future. |
| November 14 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. |
| November 30 | Programs: Deliver world-class, relevant and helpful programs to IPS customers by benchmarking with other universities’ and private companies’ programs and by recommending enhancements for current IPS programs. |
| December 7 | Programs: Identify and implement an institute-wide knowledge and customer management system to retain vital knowledge and expertise for IPS employees. |
| December 11 | People: Promote the IPS mentoring program, providing updated resources and training and expanding the program in sequential years. |
| December 12 | Communications & Marketing: Discuss all action items. People: Provide time for employees to participate in job shadowing sessions with employees of other IPS agencies to promote networking and better understanding of the scope of services provided to customers. |
| December 21 | Financial Stability: Discuss all action items. |
