PRESIDENT ’ S ADDRESS BEVERLY MENNINGER , MA , OTR / L
PRESIDENT ’ S ADDRESS BEVERLY MENNINGER , MA , OTR / L
OCT NOV DEC 2024
An organization ’ s strategic plan has you step back from day-to-day operations and define the direction , set goals , and allocate resources to achieve those goals . Without some plan , I cannot imagine how an association would progress successfully .
ILOTA has had strategic plans that have changed to some degree with each new board and board president over the years . It might be the structure or the content or both that changes . This year , the Board of Directors agreed to work with a consultant , Mariam Huss from Axxum Consulting , for a day that focused solely on revisiting the strategic plan that was in place and updating it with hopes to distill it down to no more than a two-page document , as the previous plan was ten pages . The ten pages were full of important initiatives and activities , but it felt a bit overwhelming .
On September 21 , 2024 , the Board of Directors met , including Beverly Menninger , President , Dalmina Arias , Director of Finance Brenda Koverman , Director of Advocacy , Samantha Smith , in-coming Secretary , Luther King , in-coming Director of Membership , Lauren Stone Kelly , in-coming Director of Communications , Robin Jones , out-going Secretary , and Anne Kiraly-Alvarez , out-going Director of Membership . Michelle Hanawalt , our out-going Director of Communications was not able to attend . George Buckley , the Executive Director also participated .
We spent the day revisiting our current documents , identifying our priorities , and with Mariam ’ s assistance , developed these three documents
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