Innovation: The Road to Great

Three years ago, there were not many people who could tell you what Zoom was. However, as the conditions during the pandemic forced us to find new ways to interact, that word has become synonymous with meeting virtually.

Necessity is the mother of invention and technology has helped us to adapt, as an organization and as parliamentarians serving our clients . Going from good to great also requires innovation using technology . NAP has offered archived webinars as a source of education . However, growing as an organization will require further adaptation . Our mission is to deliver parliamentary education to the world, not just our members or our units and associations . We are working to create programs for members and non-members who can train as their schedules permit thus enabling them to better lead and serve their organizations . A new initiative is underway to implement NAP University—a learning management system and a medium-term partnership that will allow NAP to fundamentally enhance its educational output and revolutionize the user experience .

NAP University will enable us to deliver content in a more efficient manner and empower us to create content that will meet our members and non-members where they are—not where we are .

In addition, NAP University will allow us to reduce the number of technology platforms it uses and provides opportunities to continue to reduce those platforms in the future while integrating financial data into one system . This initiative isn’t just a platform change or strategy, it is a road . A road that we are building today so that NAP can continue its journey from good to great .

By keeping technology as our focus, NAP will continue to thrive, grow, and innovate as we deliver world-class education to the world .

Wanda M . Sims, PRP 2021-2023 NAP President