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"Success comes to the underdog who doesn't let sleeping dogs lie...
Fashion Incubator + Goals + Strategic Plan = Fashion Capital
Highlights of Our Goals and Strategic Plan
Our Fashion Incubators have made Dayton the Fashion Capital of the Midwest for the development and success of fashion based talent and we're adding Cincinnati to the list.
A few of our goals include:
- Invest in engaged scholarships to improve impact and reputation of the (DE-FI) brand's transnational and educational programs.
- Conduct commercially viable research on the fashion industry and become the national and international leader in collaborating with industry to drive significant advances for critical societal and economic changes.
- Provide a world-class fashion advancement program becoming and/or maintaining our stature as a top-ten producer fashion-based talent.
- Be a national leader in fashion manufacturing.
- Be a national leader in professional and career development.
- Create and sustain a top-performing, diverse and inclusive Advancement organization that will attract and retain first-rate talent within the framework of an integrated infrastructure and a highly collaborative culture, to optimize constituent engagement, alumni loyalty, and philanthropic revenues.
- Foster awareness of and advocacy for the (DE-FI) Family of Brands to enhance revenue, reputation, and rankings.
- Broaden and deepen constituent engagement with the (DE-FI) Family of Brands to develop more meaningful and loyal relationships that can be leveraged towards increasing philanthropic and other means of support.
- Increase and strengthen corporate/industry partnerships with the (DE-FI) Family of Brands to optimize philanthropic revenues and research grants, as well as to increase experiential learning and career opportunities for students.
- Optimize and maximize philanthropic support of the (DE-FI) Family of Brands towards attaining and sustaining $250,000 in private funds raised annually by or before the end of the following fiscal year.
- Create and sustain an organizational environment that intentionally values inclusive excellence and advances equity.
- Become recognized as a state, national, and international leader advancing diversity, inclusion, and equity in fashion.
- Grow and transform our physical spaces to drive learning and innovation.
- Implement a centric organizational structure in business operations, human resources, and finance to support the strategic goals of (DE-FI) Global INC to ensure services are provided efficiently with a focus on customer service.
- Resource Stewardship.
- Our goals will be supported by the strategic investment of our resources, including financial resources, human capital and infrastructure.
Highlights from our Strategic Plan
- The strategic plan is based on focusing our resources on a robust financial plan emphasizing multi-year investments in support of our mission.
- We will develop diversified revenue streams and maximize our opportunities to leverage our resources across the Ohio, the Midwest, and external collaborations.
- We will offer robust mentoring and retention programs for our entire team.
- We will support our team through a strong merit-based compensation program and professional development opportunities.
- We will ensure our operations are efficient and streamlined to maximize our effectiveness. We will ensure our team is highly trained in financial analysis and planning and works in collaboration to manage the financial resources.
