SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICAS Working As One

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICAS Working As One: Continuing Our Transformation Our Future Lori Blair SOROPTIMIST Round GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018 Governors Table

100 th Anniversary Planning for our future • FY 18/19 Future Goal: We will enter our second century able to serve more women and girls through our Dream Programs • Current Big Goal: Increased Collective Impact • Next Big Goal: Invest in the dreams of half a million women and girls through access to education SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Engaging Leaders and Members Recent Years • 2014: Barriers and solutions exercise • June 2015: Research paper on Women, Girls, Education and Empowerment • July 2016: Convention exercise • FY 15/16: Big Goal club exercise #1 • Oct. 2016: Global Target Population Data • FY 16/17: Region Collective Impact Survey • FY 16/17: Big Goal Club Exercise #2 SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Engaging Leaders and Members This Year • Distributed member survey • Worked with region governors to bring Working as One exercise to clubs • Revised, translated and marketed Working as One to clubs • Created and distributed tool for action planning • Included full page ad in Best For Women on progress and next steps • Conducted group exercise and interviews at Convention SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Engaging Leaders and Members FY 18/19 • • • Work with you to encourage change at the region-level and to support to clubs Raise funds to support Dream Programs and meet Next Big Goal Market Working as One club tools Promote and recognize model clubs Share monthly suggestions with clubs through Take One Step Create a resource for clubs to communicate change SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

We Need You! Region Strategic Plan • Ensure region is prepared to support Next Big Goal • Mobilize support for strategic direction • Align club work to focus on Dream Programs SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Leading By Example To achieve Current and Next Big Goal • Board of Directors has made difficult, sometimes unpopular decisions • Regions also need to align work to invest more resources in Dream Programs • For Soroptimist to flourish, we must choose our priorities carefully SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Leading By Example Pruning to grow and thrive • Pruning a rose bush allows the best buds to bloom • Organizations must also go through necessary endings to grow and thrive • For Soroptimist to flourish, we must choose our priorities carefully • What pruning could be done to allow your region to grow and thrive? SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Change in Your Region All regions are not the same • Regions are responsible for tactical part of strategic plan • What do you need to do to help your region shift focus? SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

“Team work… …makes the dream work!” You don’t have to go this alone. SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Questions? SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Region Strategic Plan – Future Compare your Region’s Future Objectives and Strategies to SIA’s: • Are they aligned? • What action needs to be taken? • Change, delete or add Tactics. SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018

Region Strategic Plan – Future SOROPTIMIST GOVERNORS ROUND TABLE | 2018