Answering those questions will help us get to where we want to be. Five years ago, if someone had asked what business we were in, we would have said grants making. Today, we would say we are in the business of investing tax dollars in programs and projects that build Ohio educationally, economically and culturally. We want strategic partnerships with our clients to help them access our products and services more efficiently and realize a higher return on each dollar invested by taxpayers. We need to make our clients aware that implementing a strategic plan is not a short-term process.
Strategic planning is the way an organization becomes what it wants to be.
Process thinking is new among public service agencies, and we are talking about processes that will help us serve the public in more responsive and responsible ways. Discover more about our new strategic plan in coming issues of ArtsOhio. We will explain how it will affect grants making and various OAC programs.