Strategic Plan 2018-2021

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Vision

The vision for the next 3 years includes:

  1. Being An Advocate for the Folk Music Community,
  2. Thoughtful Intentional Growth,
  3. A Respected Organization within the Music Industry, and
  4. Continuing to Produce High Profile Meaningful Events.

Challenges

Challenges to address include:

  • funding with a holistic approach,
  • expanding and institutionalizing advocacy work,
  • clarifying board and staff roles,
  • bringing on new systems to manage high profile events,
  • international travel barriers,
  • helping new members enter FAI,
  • and retaining members

Objectives

The following are the strategic objectives (and associated goals) to help move towards the vision:

Building a Strong Relevant Board

  • Develop strategies to prepare new board members for active participation and to gain insight from
    exiting members
  • Develop future leaders and leadership
  • Activate Advisory Board
  • Build Board contribution strategy
  • Diversify Board regarding age, ethnicity, and nationality
  • Create diversity strategy

Expanding FAI Reach and Impact (Brand and Outreach)

  • Activate regional and local strategy
  • Create local events with board member
  • Increase presence in international community
  • Conduct high level meetings with industry
  • Actively promote community as centerpiece
  • Provide events with higher profile industry contacts and artists
  • Raise visibility of brand: Grammys; radio charts

Engaging and Retaining Membership (Membership)

  • Develop strategies for membership retention
  • Develop strategies to retain “successful” artists continually engage artists and industry throughout
    all stages of their careers
  • Identify and implement effective communication strategies with members
  • Improve web educational offerings
  • Provide members with research to help them make data-driven decisions
  • Develop membership diversity

Building Systems and Mechanisms for Growth and Sustainability

  • Cultivate a sustainable donor base
  • Institutionalize advocacy work (staff)
  • Monitor conference locations regarding benefits/risks, etc.
  • Build systems for a “365” (year-round) organization