In conjunction with their March 2011 Mission-Driven Performance Summit, Ascendant and GSMI are conducting a Strategy Management Survey to gain insight into strategy management trends in mission-driven organizations. Please take five minutes to answer our 14-question survey and you will be entered into a drawing to win a Kindle e-reader (U.S. residents only)Survey results will be unveiled at the Summit and shared with all survey respondents who provide their contact information.

Click here to take the survey.


Specifically designed for mission driven organizations, this dynamic summit features networking sessions, case studies and interactive presentations that will give you the insight to...

  • Describe your strategy in a way that everyone can understand
  • Developing a risk management strategy so you’re ready for the unexpected
  • Ensuring that your programs remain aligned to your mission goals
  • Becoming operationally effective and aligned
  • Building and using a comprehensive performance reporting system
  • Adapting and transforming a changing workforce
  • Managing and driving transformational change
  • Who should attend?

  • Executive Directors
  • Superintendents and Senior Administrators
  • All C-level Executives
    (CEOs, COOs, CFOs,CAOs, CSOs, CIOs)
  • Directors and Deputy Directors
  • Senior functional leaders
  • Program Directors
  • Management Analysts
  • Program Analysts
  • Performance Assessment Officers
  • Visit the Ascendant Consultant’s Corner for a FREE Strategy Review

    Ascendant’s experts are available to answer your questions and provide professional advice on how to accelerate your time to results. The Ascendant Consultant’s Corner offers organizational assessment and diagnostic tools, free reviews of your organization’s Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Map, and access to extensive performance management resources.

    Participating Companies Include:

    GSMI Blog:

    The Blog’s Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
    Posted on Wednesday February 23, 2011 By Daniel Cawrey
    FED CIO Targets $20 Billion pending on Cloud Compuitng
    Posted on Tuesday February 22, 2011 By TechAxcess
    What’s Facebook Really Worth
    Posted on Friday February 18, 2011 By Daniel Cawrey
    Microsoft-Nokia: Just Trying to Salvage the Ship
    Posted on Friday February 18, 2011 By Daniel Cawrey
    • “I liked the homework, and the manner it was incorporated with sessions and group discussions."
      - Executive Director School Reform
      Atlanta Public Schools

    Featured Speakers

    Interested in speaking?
    Dr. Robert S. Kaplan
    Co-Creator of the Balanced Scorecard and Baker Foundation Professor
    Harvard Business School
    Dr. David P. Norton
    Director, The Palladium Group and Founder, The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative
    The Palladium Group
    Laura Downing
    Managing Partner
    Ascendant Strategy Management Group
    Tom Harrington
    Associate Deputy Director
    FBI
    Ted Jackson
    Co-founder and managing partner
    Ascendant Strategy Management Group
    Amy Katz
    Deputy Executive Director
    Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
    Dr. Kathy Augustine,
    Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
    Atlanta Public Schools
    Dallice Joyner
    Executive Director
    Northern Virginia Area Health Education Center
    Jeremy Sutherland

    Ascendant Strategy Management Group
    Maria Cristalli
    Chief Strategy and Quality Officer
    Hillside Family of Agencies

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    Mission Driven Performance 2011

    Building and Sustaining a High-Performance Organization

    March 8th-10th, 2011

    Washington D.C.

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