Leveraging Chapter Relationships within your Zone REGION VI REGIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Aug 10th-12th, 2018 University of Washington Seattle, WA Leveraging Chapter Relationships within your Zone

Outline Leveraging Relationships Ice Breaker Fluid Communication Collaboration Challenge Reflection

Leveraging Relationships COLLABORATE to make use of the relationships that we build by working together to come closer to a common goal Steps to Leveraging Relationship: Discover new people with a common interest Cultivate and Maintain a Relationship so that it is meaningful Reach Out! Share Ideas and Collaborate!

Ice Breaker Introduce Yourself To Someone New: What Chapter are they from? What is one or two issue(s) their chapter is facing? Exchange Contact Information!

Fluid Communication Communicating Our Problems: 9/10 another chapter is facing or has faced the same problem. By increasing our communication we can: 1 : Implement solutions to common problems that occur 2 : Develop stronger relationships 3 : Increase our ability to collaborate and connect NSBEconnect- start zone specific chats for more fluid and faster communication between leaders and even members

Collaboration Challenge Collaboration Challenge: Group present is split into smaller group and given the challenge of how to best make a PB&J Sandwich. They are given a time limit (depending on the time given) to collaborate with one another in their group to send a presentative to the front to share what was discussed. The Group that have the best explanation on how to make a PB&J will be the winner. Purpose: to show how collaboration can leverage a relation and help work towards a common goal

Reflection How can we Leverage Relationships with other Chapter in our Zones? How can we become better leaders? 1st: We can create a Network/Relationship with Chapters in our Zones 2nd: Objective Goals Strategies Measures (OGSM) Implement a common goal between Chapters and Zones to start off the year strong

References Shapiro, Susan. “How to Build and Leverage Better Relationships at Work.” Onpoint Leadership, 5 Aug. 2016, www.onpoint-leadership.com/2015/02/build-leverage-better- relationships-work/ Stengel, Geri. “4 Ways to Leverage Who You Know to Grow Faster.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 28 Aug. 2013, www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2012/07/18/4-way-to- leverage-who-you-know-to-grow-faster/.