BACKGROUND

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND GOALS

Content goals: (WHAT) Strategically cultivate employee collaborative engagement in MyMAP

Process goals: (HOW) Collaborate and engage others (strategic meetings)

Create the new life together

Focus on student success (life of the student)

Create opportunity to engage around who is the “My” in MyMAP (our students)

MyMAP Summit

(WHO) HIPs Team

BARRIERS TO ACCOMPLISHMENT

Initiative overload

Failure to communicate

Confusion about what “it” is

Gaps in vision and technical capabilities

Uniqueness of each college

Varied leadership and styles at the colleges

College located throughout the county

Lack of clarity on ownership

Detractors

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORT

Purposeful, strategic communication

Organizational dedication to student success

Identification of roles and responsibilities

Existing cross-teams

Engagement of HIPs Team

Raise awareness about State requirements

Supporters

ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR STAKEHOLDERS

Cultivating generative commitment

Creating the new life of MyMap

Speak into the listening

Speak in such a way that people will listen

Appreciative – enjoyment and fun

Empathic – concern and support for the person talking

Comprehensive – organize information or thoughts

Discerning – find big pictures or critical points

Evaluative – take action, make a decision, or fix a problem

Collaborate and engage others (strategic meetings)

Create the new life together/Create new MyMAP

Focus on student success (life of the student)

Create opportunity to engage around who is the “My” in MyMAP (our students)

MyMAP Summit

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY

Cascading communication plan (Face to Face, Email, Alamo Learn, Alamo Share)

TEAM ACTIONS AND TIMELINES

ACTIONSPURPOSE/DETAILSWHEN

Re-Brand of MyMAPFull deployment (Baldrige 1/5)Fall 13

Cultivate Generative CommitmentCreate new life for MyMAP (Baldrige 3/5)Fall 13

RECOMMENDED TIMELINE FOR CAMPUS WORK

ACTIONSWHOWHEN

Complete Year 3-6 of our Operational PlanCross Alamo Teams*Fall 13

Calendar the work to be doneCross Alamo Teams*Fall 13

Process Map Operational steps for MyMAPCross Alamo Teams/Subject Matter Experts*Fall 13

EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS (How will we know we’re making progress?)

Survey (know it, understand it, a part of it, etc.)

Focus Groups

Use of the Data Plan for MyMAP

*Cross Alamo Teams represent subject matter experts from the 5 Alamo Colleges and the district offices (Student Success, Academic Success, Center for Student Information, Institutional Technology, Institutional Research, Banner, etc.)