RSB Strategic Input to
Trustee Board
Matt Garside
4th September 2012
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Agenda
 Overview of Planning Cycle
 How RSB can input to overall strategy
 Overview of Strategic Objectives
 Highlight where RSB provide valuable
contributions
 Discussion of future RSB Objectives
 Way Forward
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Overview: Planning Cycle
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Overview: Planning Cycle
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Overview: Planning Cycle
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Strategic Objectives
1. Diversify and grow professional
membership in UK and internationally
2. Increase member engagement and
value to members and their employers
3. Expert leadership to Government,
Industry, Members and the informed
public on Engineering
4. Develop awareness of engineering and
profile of the IMechE
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Strategic Objectives
5. Inspire young people about
Engineering
6. Secure long-term financial position
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SO 1 – Grow Membership
 Professional Registration events
 Links to Business Development Managers
and Professional Development Consultants
 Member development
 Courses (i.e. soft skills)
 One on one sessions (Member to Fellow)
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SO 2 – Engage Members
 Increase event variety
 Links with Employers
 Benefits of membership
 Benefits of sponsoring employee time to
volunteer for the IMechE
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SO 3 - Leadership
 Media output
 Increased impact
 Increased diversity
 Links with Local Councils & MPs
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SO 4 – Develop Awareness
 Variety of Media outputs
 Newspapers, Magazines, Radio & TV
 High profile events
 Prestige Lectures
 Public Challenge
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SO 5 – Inspire Young Gen
 Educational Links
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Schools
Colleges
Universities
Bloodhound
Green Power
Formula Student
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SO 6 – Financial Position
 Budgeting
 Improve financial planning to maximise the
impact of IMechE activities in any given
year
 Monitor benefits in kind
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Way Forward
 All meeting discussion notes and
comments to be collated and fed into
Trustee Board
 Trustees will incorporate the RSB input
into the overall IMechE strategy (Sept
2012)
 Review period (Sept – Nov 2012)
 Chance to update / revise
 RSB Strategy Set (Dec 2012)
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