■ AGILITY: • Forum to be more agile and able to pivot as it grows • Forum remains an efficient organization and stays very true to what the needs of the field are
“So I think one of the things that I would hope is that as the organization grows and becomes a bigger voice, or whatever the case may be, that it does not lose the ability to be responsive to the needs of the members that are a part of it. And doesn’t lose the ability to kind of pivot if something happens that needs the organization behind it.” - Carri
■ MISC: • A means of cultivating new leadership in the field • Creating more aspirational conference experiences • Decide whether it’s going to
“Perhaps there’s another means altogether to encourage development of really new leadership in the field to ensure that we continue having just really strong set of leaders who are interested not only in serving their local offices and providers, but the field as a whole.” - Mary
compete with other study abroad organizations or whether it’s going to carve out a totally different thing all for itself
■ THREAT
• Growing importance of internationalization at home, anchoring internationalization in the curriculum rather than more emphasis on mobility programs and virtual mobility
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