To build a thriving, active network
- Enabling and developing local and interest-based networks
- Identifying and experimenting with new opportunities for
networking
- Focusing interest on different themes and approaches
- Involving members in decision-making and two-way
communications
- Ensuring that individuals and networks experience benefits from
belonging
To encourage more people to benefit from our network by
- Increasing our membership generally and in targeted
sectors
- Enhancing our profile as the forum for exploring the leading
edge
- Ensuring our activities are accessible to non-members
- Communicating our successes
To meet members' needs by
- Conducting member surveys and acting on results
- Taking members' comments and complaints at any time and acting
on these
- Providing professional courses, publications, events and other
activities
To encourage curiosity, learning and shared insights by
- Stimulating research in key aspects of development
- Providing opportunities for members to explore research at the
leading edge
To become even more professional by
- Aiming for quality and consistency in style, approaches and
operations
- Developing our staff