IVCC Strategic Planning

"IVCC is beginning our Strategic Planning process and our next step is Environmental Scanning. We are looking for community input as we work through our process."- Dr. Tracy Morris

The guide we are using, by Dr. Karen Hinton, defines environmental scanning as follows:

One technique for conducting an environmental scan is called a SWOT analysis. Used in conjunction with a gap analysis, it helps create the institution’s strategic goals and objectives. A SWOT analysis produces an inventory of the institution’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT). Using results of the SWOT analysis to structure the specific elements of the vision helps the planning committee pinpoint what goals and objectives need to be developed to close the gap.

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) is used as a framework for the environmental scan. The procedure allows planners to support the gap analysis with additional information about what actions need to be taken in the strategic plan to move the institution to its vision. (A Practical Guide to Strategic Planning in Higher Education (2^ND edition) by Karen E. Hinton, PhD

Please come prepared with thoughts regarding your perspective of IVCC’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, both internally and externally. If you have data/artifacts/etc. to support those, including trends or data from your specific area/business/industry/school, please feel free to bring it or send it to me directly.

Zoom Link: https://ivcc-edu.zoom.us/j/83210573943?pwd=bbqan3G2WutHFIgGqLC4QqcG3VfO0r.1