IPWV strives to enhance our members personal and professional lives by providing education to build an assortment of skills, an environment to construct business alliances and an opportunity to diversify.  It is our goal to create long lasting partnerships within the industry and our community.

Membership Development and Retention
Goal:  The organization will diversify membership by recruiting students, professionals and affiliates through increasing new membership by 10%, while retaining current members at 95%.

Strategy:  The organization will recruit students, agency employees, industry professionals and affiliates through special meetings while retaining current members as a result of assisting them to meet their individual goals.

Action:  Membership packets will be distributed to individuals at our special meetings containing information about the National Organization, the local organization and focusing on marketing material designed to entice specific groups of individuals , in addition to using visual aids such as the photo album, scrapbook and picture collage.

Education
Goal:  The organization will utilize the website and newsletters for education on technology, legislation and leadership.  We will conduct NAIW educational classes for members and offer CE credit classes to members and the public in addition to obtaining key note speakers on current events, industry information and self-improvement.

Strategy:  The organization will provide education through key note speakers at meetings, special classes, articles on the website and in “In Touch with IPWV” as well as attempting to obtain company support to finance the classes, making it available to the membership and encouraging 100% participation.

Action:  The organization will provide a minimum of six key note speakers for meetings and a minimum of one NAIW educational class toward CPIW/DAE designation plus offer CE credit classes to the members and the public at All-Industry night.

Leadership
Goal:  The organization will offer opportunities for development of leadership skills that members will be able to use to promote their personal and professional growth.

Strategy:  The organization will provide various leadership classes and key note speakers including mentoring training to enhance leadership skills for our members.

Action:  The President will mentor the President Elect and Committee Chairs utilizing binders with information to be passed to the next Officer or Committee Chair.  Committee Chairs will have leadership roles and have accountability for their committee.  We will procure a minimum of one key note speaker on leadership per year and provide a minimum of one leadership class every three years.  The President will request members to mentor new members, one on one.

Strategic Partnering
Goal:  The organization will provide relationships with other organizations, associations, and the community that are mutually beneficial.

Strategy:  The organization will reach out to the industry and to the community to promote partnering.

Action:  The organization will increase our public relations activity in the community by promoting a minimum of one community project a year and utilizing the newspaper to recognize our members, sponsors, and community events.  We will partner with a minimum of two organizations a year to promote education, recognition of members or community service.

Technology
Goal:  The organization will optimize the use of technology to improve communication with our members and the community to maximize membership benefits and increase positive visibility in the industry.

Strategy:  The organization will promote use of the IPWV/NAIW websites for information and decrease the amount of e-mail notices.

Action:  The organization will continue to expand and improve our website, offering a calendar of events, articles on the industry and NAIW issues, pictures, meeting minutes, secure link for confidential information, sponsor links, applicable links of interest, etc.

Addendum to IPWV Horizon Plan
It is the recommendation of this committee to provide a copy of the Horizon Plan to each Officer and Committee Chairman as a guideline for implementation during their term of office.  It is the responsibility of each Officer and Committee Chairman to review the Horizon Plan with their committee members for use as a guideline in the planning of their activities.  It is further recommended that the Horizon Plan be published at www.insurewabashvalley.com and copies will be provided each year to members at the June meeting.