Chapter/Board Management and Leadership Development

Chapter management

• Chapter administration
  • Association Management System (AMS) training
  • Budgeting and financial planning
  • Membership dues and categories
  • Download: NAWBO operations overview
  • Download: Collecting chapter demographics
  • Related Best Practice: Policies & Procedures--Creation and Maintenance 
  • Related Best Practice: Shared staff member
  • Related Best Practice: Written 'job description' for committees
• Organizing and working with volunteers
• How to Get and Keep Volunteers
• Volunteer Training Program How-To Guide
• Download: Volunteer recruitment form
• Download: Committee description flyer
• Download: Committee position descriptions
• Communications
  • Related Best Practice: Communication committee streamlining
  • Related Best Practice: Web technology

Board management

• Developing leadership
  • Lessons Learned as a NAWBO Chapter Leader
  • Building Ownership: Individual Connectedness
  • Generational Connectedness: Meeting Them on Their Operational Level
  • Generational Connectedness: Understanding the Communication Cycle for Each
• Facilitating group discussions
  • Facilitating...the Executing Way
  • Top 10 Facilitator Traps
• Recruiting and retaining board members
  • Related Best Practice: Succession Plan
• Elections and installations
  • Sample oath of office
  • Download: Sample installation script
• Development and training
  • Ten responsibilities of a board
  • Exercise: Working together
  • Download: Board Building (PowerPoint)
  • Download: Board commitment checklist
  • Related Best Practice: Monday morning conference call
  • Related Best Practice: Leadership development in board meeting
• Presidents Assembly
  • Quarterly Webinars
  • Past Presidents Advisory Alliance
• Related Web sites
  • Mind Tools: Management, leadership, and career training