Educate Advocate Support 1 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP BUILDING A RESILIENT CHAPTER & STATE ORGANIZATION PRESENTER: DON MICHELS SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

2 Educate Advocate Support BACKGROUND AFA REQUIRES AN ENGAGED CIVIC BASE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO MEET ITS MISSION OBJECTIVES GRASS-ROOTS CHAPTERS CREATE A LOCAL VOICE WHICH ADD VALUE TO ALL AFA PROGRAMS LEADERSHIP IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF CREATING, NURTURING, AND STRENGTHENING THE GRASS-ROOTS NETWORK LEADERSHIP DOES INCLUDE THE REQUIRED ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICERS IN CHAPTERS BUT, LOCAL LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT IS ACTUALLY MUCH BROADER THAN JUST THESE KEY POSITIONS OBJECTIVE: CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEADERS WILL RISE FROM VALUE-ADDED ACTIVITIES

3 Educate Advocate Support HOW DO YOU DO THIS? SHIFT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FROM FILLING OFFICER ROSTERS TO BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE MEMBERS’ PARTICIPATION IS VALUED AND LEADERS EMERGE KEY FACTOR: RECRUIT TO TASK, NOT OFFICER POSITIONS LEARN TO CAST A WIDE NET FOR POTENTIAL HELPERS INVOLVE OTHER CIVIC GROUPS WHERE APPROPRIATE (I.E. ARNOLD AIR SOCIETY/SILVER WINGS MEMBERS & ALUMNI) BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH CIVIC-MINDED VOLUNTEERS

4 Educate Advocate Support HOW DO YOU DO THIS (CONT’D)? REVIEW ANNUAL PLAN FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO RECRUIT TO TASK USE COMMITTEES TO RUN EVENTS OBJECTIVELY FOCUS EVENTS TO SUPPORT AFA MISSION ROTATE LEADERSHIP FOR EVENTS WITHIN COMMITTEE

5 Educate Advocate Support STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINING THE LEADERSHIP BENCH VALUE PEOPLE’S CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTICIPATION TIMELY, MEANINGFUL, CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION HAVE A PLAN FOR ROTATING PEOPLE INTO AND OUT OF KEY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS CREATE AN EXPECTATION FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE AND A PATH THAT WILL SERVE AS A PIPELINE INTO KEY POSITIONS DEVELOP LEADERS THAT EMERGE FROM TASK ASSIGNMENTS APPOINT THEM AS VP’S FOR SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS USE THESE POSITIONS FOR TASK LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES RE-RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS & TEAMS EVERY DAY CREATE A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ATTITUDE THAT CONTINUES TO AFFIRM THE VALUE OF THEIR TASKS

6 Educate Advocate Support APPLYING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Create tasks which provide meaningful opportunities for Community Partners to participate Flow of funds from Community Partner Program to support Chapter-provided scholarships Have Community Partner members serve on scholarship selection committee Show what the Chapter (& AFA) is doing in your community Hold an AFA Chapter Fair with booths that demonstrate where the Chapter is creating civic value Booth on Chapter scholarship programs and fund-raising results with pictures of scholarship recipients Booth displaying tools to tutor students on STEM subjects with the intent to recruit tutors Get involved in supporting the AFA/CAP aviation museum initiative

7 Educate Advocate Support APPLYING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES (CONT’D) BOOTH DISPLAYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN OF DEPLOYING PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME ACTIVITIES ALSO IDENTIFY THAT YOU NEED “X” NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO HELP BOOTH DISPLAYING THE PICTURES OF EQUIPMENT THE CHAPTER HAS PROVIDED TO BASE-LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS (I.E. REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, GRILLS, COFFEE MAKERS) FIND WAYS TO INVOLVE PEOPLE IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO CONNECT WITH AFA TASKS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO INVOLVE OTHER CIVIC GROUPS (I.E. VFW, AMERICAN LEGION) IN CHAPTER EVENTS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT AND INVOLVE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN VALUE-ADDED ACTIVITIES EXAMPLE: BIKE RACE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITY HELP SPONSOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL CYBER PATRIOT TEAM ALSO HELP SET UP PARENT/TEACHER BOOSTER CLUB FOR TEAM

8 Educate Advocate Support LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION