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Developing a Strategic Technology Plan
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Explore the strategies and tactics needed to develop an effective technology plan that supplements and supports your institution’s strategic plan. Avoid several common errors and focus instead on the desired end result: a technology plan capable of addressing the academic and administrative demands that will challenge your institution in the next 3 to 5 years.
• Utilize best practices to understand the key elements of an effective IT Strategic plan.
• Understand where technology plans go wrong
• Learn how to get “buy in” from key constituents (faculty, students, staff)
• Review and discuss actual examples of IT plans
• Develop strategies to get executive approval of your final plan.
Workshop Organizer/Host: Walter Geer of Mount Ida College
Date/Time:
Friday, January 22, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center
14 Mechanic St.
Southbridge, MA
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Special instructions:
Your fee includes unlimited am and pm break service and lunch.
Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255
By clicking on the "Register" button below, you are indicating a commitment to attend and will be held responsible for the registration fee.
Your fee can be refunded if you notify us of a cancellation at least 8 days prior to the event via email to nercomp@nercomp.org.
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Additional Information
Event Schedule:
8:00am - 9:00am Registration and Coffee
Speaker: Walter Geer, Director, Technology Services and Support, Mount Ida College
9:00am – 11:45am Morning Session
Unit 1: Understanding the importance of Strategic Planning from the perspective of IT.
• The evolution of IT Strategic Planning
• Why an IT plan is critical to your institution
• Current trends and best practices
This session provides an overview of the strategic planning process with a focus on aligning technology with your institution’s goals and objectives. The end result not only insures consistency but also provides a foundation for better management of department and staff priorities.
Unit 2: Assessing the Effectiveness of Your IT Organization
• Defining your IT mission and vision
• The importance of using a SWOT analysis to assess your IT organization’s strengths and weaknesses
• Defining your “vision” for IT as it relates to college or university goals
This session addresses the importance of evaluating your ability as an IT organization to achieve the desired strategic goals. A SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) provides information that is both helpful and a critical factor in strategy formulation and selection. It helps to clarify where IT is today and where it should be in the future.
10:15am – 10:30am Break
11:45am – 12:30pm Lunch
12:45pm – 3:00pm Afternoon Session
Unit 3: Defining the Key Elements of the Plan
• Identifying current conditions and assumptions
• Using surveys to collect key data
• It’s important to assess both the internal and external environment in which the institution exists, particularly: technological, economic, and demographic trends, as well as political, social, and financial factors. This session addresses strategies to identify the current internal and external environmental dynamics that may have a bearing on the development and implementation of an effective IT plan.
Unit 4: Pulling the Plan Together
• Organizing the outline and developing the draft
• Defining long and short term objectives
• Requesting constituent feedback regarding the draft
• Negotiating changes to the draft
• This session focuses on the actual development of the IT plan from outline through draft and final version.
Unit 5: Monitoring and Managing the Plan Going Forward
1:45pm – 2:00pm Break
3:00pm Evaluations and End
Speaker:
Walter Geer
Walter Geer is currently the Director of Technology Systems and Services at Mount Ida College. He has over 30 years of experience in technology in both higher education (Harvard University, State University of New York, Roxbury Community College) and private industry (GE, Phillip Morris, Duracell). He is the author of the recently published “What Lucy Taught Us: Improving your business one process at a time.”
Related Media Files:
GoalAlignment.pdf
IT-Attachments.pdf
Oxymoron.pdf
SoStrategic.pdf
VisionStatement.pdf
IT Planning.pdf
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Please call the Southbridge Hotel directly at 508.765.8000, the NERCOMP rate is $120.
The room block will be held until December 20, 2009.
Technical Requirements:
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