IAAO Launch Pad kickoff meeting is next week; details on career advancement, networking, and onboarding
The new IAAO Launch Pad, which replaces the U40 group, will have kickoff meeting at noon Central on Wednesday, March 22.
Look forward to an interactive and productive networking hub and come
ready to build relationships and plot the trajectory of the IAAO Launch
Pad and the future leaders of IAAO!
Launch
Pad will now be the first step for career advancement, future
engagement, networking, and organizational onboarding. This shift in
focus is not just a renaming but a comprehensive approach to leave no
person behind, no member disengaged.
Launch Pad Goals
The
Launch Pad Focus group identified three key objectives that will ensure
the future growth of our profession and the individual careers of our
members which will in turn foster growth and sustainability in IAAO's
future. RPM (Recruit, Promote, Mentor) summarizes our goals. These are
verbs, not ideas, and they require action. But, action without a plan is
never a good idea. Here’s the plan:
Recruit!
Assessing
has the reputation as the “accidental profession.” Our goal is to
cultivate an industry culture where recruitment is taking place at the
high school and college levels.
Promote!
We
will encourage our Launch Pad members to become more active members in
the IAAO. Launch Pad will be a starting point to educate members about
the IAAO mission and the benefits of membership.
Mentor!
Launch
Pad will provide an opportunity for organic mentorship to occur at the
peer-to-peer level. Launch Pad will refer our members to the newly
formed IAAO mentorship program “Value In Exchange.”
Launch
Pad will Recruit, Promote and Mentor a visionary path to the future
where it can be self-sustaining and serve as the launching point for
each new group without the constraints of age. The goal is to
continuously engage new members and promote current members to move
forward to greater endeavors for the organization.
