CISV’s Mission & Vision

Our Mission and Vision

Regional Meetings 2015

CISV’s Mission & Vision

Why Review our Mission, Vision & Values?

• Organizational Review BlueSpark found:“The vision, values and mission of CISV are not viewed or treated as the guiding principles of everything that CISV does – or the way it does it.”

• Transition Team recommendation to review

• Best practice for NGOs (especially after transition)

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What is a Mission?

Who we are, what we do and why – the reason we exist and the guide for everything we do

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What is an Organizational Vision?

An envisioned future for the organization, what we want CISV to be like in, say, 20 years…

Paints an inspirational picture that challenges and engages us to change or develop as an organization in order to do even better at delivering our mission

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And Values?

The handful of guiding principles by which an organization navigates…

So fundamental and deeply held that that they will seldom change, if ever

They guide how we behave in all aspects of what we do

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How the Review was Done?• Governing Board brainstormed future needs of

the organization (Nov 2013 and July 2014)• Initial Focus on Mission and Vision• Consulted NAs, Chapters and international

volunteers for input • Follow-up interviews with representative group

of Chapters and NAs• Values were not part of this Consultation, to be

done at Global Conference with all delegates

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Consultation

• Excellent response- International Volunteers and Staff(40+)- NA/PA Boards(~57%) - Chapters (~40%)

• Built on information we got from Organizational Review

• Questions on mission, vision, tagline• Questions on growth analysis and

capacity

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Consultation Results

•What you told us•What we did with that information

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How We Use a Mission StatementWe communicate our mission internally and externally

Should be easy to understand, able to be used effectively in internal and external communications, fundraising etc.

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CISV educates and inspires action for a more just and peaceful world - Survey Says…

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Recommendations on Mission

• Keep the Statement of Purpose and call it the Mission

It’s well known, well liked and well used• Needs member approval (2/3 yes vote) to

formally adopt this as our mission statement• Planning on a virtual vote in May, after

feedback at Regional Meetings• In future, we may need review our legal

documents to make sure everything is in-line

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Questions and Comments?

CISV educates and inspires action for a more just and peaceful world.

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How Do We Use Our Vision?

• Often summarized - short, focused Vision Statement

• Paints a vivid picture of our aspirations• Challenges us • Arouses collective passion

Sets the direction for any strategic plans

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Famous Visions

I have a dream…

Put a man on the moon…

Make a difference…

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CISV is a global movement for peace. We have 200,000 active global citizens who are making a difference in their communities and to the lives of 1,000,000 people. - Survey Says…

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Survey Cont’dMissing:

In summary (out of 104 responses):

- 6 people felt nothing was missing- Education- Friendship- Leadership- Realistic:

o Are the numbers attainable? In what time frame?

o Does it accurately describe what we do and how we do it?

- Emotion / Inspiration / Passion- Diversity: Does not address the full

breadth of our members or our impact- Other concerns about length and

clarity

Should be deleted:

In summary (out of 82 responses):

- 10 People felt nothing should be removed- Numbers:

o Over 45 responses mentioned the numbers/statistics used

o too specifico concerns about our ability to

measure our impact in the community over all (beyond membership)

o belong in a mission or goal, not a vision

- people seemed very uncomfortable with the word “Movement”

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More People

The three characteristics that people wanted to see change the most from today to 20 Years from now

• For everyone• Very well-known organization• About making a local impact

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New Options for Vision

More people will learn from our educational experiences and gain the tools and confidence they need to build a better world. Together, we will create change. 

We stand together to change the world.  We create educational experiences to give people the tools and confidence they need to act, lead, and inspire to build a better future.

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Discuss amongst yourselves

Facilitated activity

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Recommendations on Vision

• Gather feedback from Regional Meetings• Complete any revisions• Updated vision statement shared with Members• Voting by Members in May (needs 2/3 yes vote)• If approved, the Vision will then be able to set

direction for the strategic plan

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