Operations and Initiatives

Strategic Plan

1. Vigorously attract non-members; aggressively market the ASQ Forum/Division Member type
   • Continue to leverage the Division website to deliver new products & services
   • Re-direct Discussion Board visitors from "old" Yahoo Groups (pilots) to the new STAT website Groups. [Bob > Jackie]
     
   • Create meta-tags (key words) that increase our hits on search engines [Mark > Jackie]
     
   • Pilot a narrated version of existing PowerPoint presentations. [Bob]
     
   • Add more "Free Stuff" on our website [Mark > Jackie]
     
     • Assign a tactical plan leader [Mark]
       
       • Develop a Free Stuff update process and schedule
         
       • Pilot with 1-2 recent internal-3M presentations [Bob]
         
       • Basic tools (hypothesis testing, t-tests, sampling) [Geoff]
         
       • Previous Statistical Thinking presentations [TBD]
         
       • Previously published articles with voice-overs
         
     • <![endif]>Short-term: Check on availability, suitability of previous material created by Lynne Hare, Roger Hoerl [Mark]
       
   • Begin capturing email addresses (to promote e-Zines, tele-classes, other existing products):
     
     • Get our AWEBer.com link embedded into the "Free Stuff" webpage concurrent to the next Free Stuff product offering [Tom Bargerstoc]
2. Regular, frequent E-Zine mailings to members and non-members
   • Develop a monthly schedule; assign authors, topics [Mark]
     • Promote Tele-classes, FTC, other existing products [All]
3. Pilot the Statistics Division "Tele-Class"
   • Determine current status [Tom Bargerstock]
     
     • Complete the 2003-2004 Tactical Plan
       
   • Determine feasibility of ASQ webinars process, procedures
     
   • Develop graduated fee schedules that promote Forum-level ASQ membership but also welcome non-members
     
4. Nurture, develop new alliances
   • Complete the 2005 - 2009 FTC Co-Sponsorship Agreement [Bob Brill, Gordon]
     
   • Pursue sponsorship of ASQ Healthcare Division's first annual conference [Ike Johns]
     
   • <![endif]>Agree to sponsor the ASQ Software Division's Pittsburgh conference - contribute $500 to the conference, per request. [Ike Johns]
     
5. Re-invigorate the Virtual Academy - Longer-term project (In the hopper; review at FTC)
   • Focus modules and activities on Statistical Thinking and the process approach
     
   • Market towards K-12 students and teachers
     
   • Incorporate hands-on learning style
     
   • Use lots of color, graphics, sound, animation
     
     • STAT to provide technical expertise; find web designer to create the modules
       
   • Provide links to other on-line learning sites