Whanganui District Council & Bryan Nicholson: Chief Operating - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Acknowledgements Whanganui District Council & Bryan Nicholson: Chief Operating Officer & Stephen Cummings, Professor of Strategic Management, School of Management, Victoria Business School “Strategy Builder: How to create and communicate more effective strategies” Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz

https://sistercities.org.nz “ The aim is to foster international understanding and friendship,… …to encourage exchange of education, culture and sport, and to promote, where possible, tourism and trade… …These concepts are recognised as a catalyst for economic growth ”. Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz

I suggest we flip that statement around….. The aim is to foster tourism, export education, trade and economic growth… … (through) international understanding, friendship, and encouraging exchange of culture and sport” . Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz

Why? Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz

How? SWOT OTSW With the right people in the room Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz

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Whanganui Nagaizumi Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz

Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz

Identify a new Sister City Use your Strengths, Weaknesses and Success statements to identify a sister city e.g. China has 663 cities – where do you start? • Find a China city on a river • Find a China city on a river with a flight school… • Are any of those cities neighbours to a sister city to a neighbouring District in NZ? …..Talk to those cities that want to explore an interest in a student pilot exchange Kerry Boyle m: 021 509132 e: kerry.boyle@orcon.net.nz