Mastering Your Leadership Role

Alumni Club President and Vice Presidents

April 6, 2020

Your Presenters

Chris Johanson

• President of the Georgetown Club of Northern California (“Nor Cal Hoyas”)
• Former Treasurer and long time board member
• AAP member and Class Ambassador
• Intellectual Property Litigation Consultant

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Lauren Pappas

• Vice President of the Georgetown Club of Philadelphia (President in July 2020)
• Long time board member and volunteer
• Registered Nurse in Philadelphia

Annual Report

Hold Enough/ Right Mix of Events

Having a Board that Meets Compliance

Basics Expected For President / VP Roles

Best Practices

Executive Best Practices

• Empower through establishing policies/ procedures
• Use best practices documents / descriptions of role.
• Set strategies and goals��
• Annual Strategy Meeting Sample
• President Position Description Sample
• President Goals Sample

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Best Practices

Meetings

• Regular and consistent (no less than quarterly).
• Agendas
• Minutes
• Use conference calls as necessary but in-person is great.
• Internal strategy annual.
• General annual.

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Best Practices

Communications

• Regular and consistent
• Standards
• Best practices
• Managing internal and external communications.
• Liaison to Georgetown University.
• Secretary vs. Communications roles.
• Managing platforms
• iModules e-mail and club e-mail
• Webpage
• Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
• Other (e.g. LinkedIn)

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Best Practices

Succession Planning

• Recruit new leaders, ask for help (don’t be shy).
• Look for and try to create “regulars”
• Make a plan for “passing the baton” - remember that failure to plan is a plan for failure.
• Follow by-laws for voting procedure and START EARLY!
• Annual meeting is a great place to recruit / and start “grooming” process.

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Best Practices

Delegate and Support

• Avoid overwhelming anyone – including YOURSELF.
• Find and focus on individual's strengths and interests.
• Step back and help put together the big picture / solve the puzzle.
• Rely on policies and procedures to empower others.
• Remember to thank and reward.

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Upcoming Challenges

Crowded calendar post Covid-19 - How to keep people engaged with Georgetown

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Creating the right mix / frequency of events to engage “regulars”

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Thank You!