Sharing the ATHENA Vision

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Sharing
the ATHENA Vision

Strategic Plan 2003-2008
What Do We
Need to Do Over the Next 3-5 Years to
Expand and Improve the Role
of Athena?
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ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
What have been our Accomplishments? Where did
we miss the mark? Where have we been
surprised? What didnt happen that we thought
would? Where were we on target? What are our
key learnings? What questions are
lingering? What critical issues are facing
Athena?
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What do we want to see in place in five years?

• Actively Involved Alumni
• Organizational toolkit in place and being used
• Expand Athena Award while maintaining Athena
  integrity
• The entire community knows Athena
• Clear administrative infrastructure
• A link between Athena and young women

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What practices, attitudes, behaviors, assumptions
beliefs,and traditions block us from moving
towards our goal?

• Perception is determined by experience
• Athena has been the event
• We've never taken the time to identify
  infrastructure needs
• Tradition of one award
• Limited ourselves in terms of one source of
  scholarship

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Actions to address barriers and reach vision

Explore Possibility of Additional
Awards Institute a Process for Operating
Long-term and Strategic Plan Organize our
Infrastructure
CLAIMING OUR IDENTITY

Broaden our Outreach for Scholarships Saturate
the Market with Understanding of
Athena Educate/Inform through Alumni and
Website
COMMUNICATING OUR PURPOSE

Create the Alumni Organization Elevate the
Leadership Skills of Women through the Athena
Awards
DEMONSTRATING OUR LEADERSHIP POWER
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GOALS ACTIONS
Claiming our Identity
Communicating our Purpose

• Create Organizational Tool Kit for Participating
  Organizations
• Connect with organizations
• Forms/process-paper technologies
• Media pieces
• Steering communication to refine content and pass
  to PR to implement
• Resolve Staffing for Current Year
• Create Group to Address Awards

• Web
• Web designer explore web address/domain
• Comprehensive/Expandable web presence
• Create technology role
• Expand Scholarship Outreach
• Other girls/parents/church groups
• Identify our Public/Community
• PR to Create Plan to Expand Public

• Formalize an Alumni Organization
• Survey alumni
• Share survey information
• Create an opportunity/event
• Leadership
• Steering committee to determine what could be
  done in 15th year
• Create a 15 year anniversary committee

Demonstrating our Leadership Power
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LEARNING

ATHENA LEADERSHIP MODEL