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Region 1 Board Of Governors Meeting Saturday June 10, 2017 Nashua, NH

Region 1 Board Of Governors Meeting Saturday June 10, 2017 Nashua, NH. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being a Section C hair” Santo (Sandy) Mazzola Bylaws, Operations/ Leadership Training. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair”. You Need to train your volunteers

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Region 1 Board Of Governors Meeting Saturday June 10, 2017 Nashua, NH

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  1. Region 1 Board Of Governors Meeting Saturday June 10, 2017 Nashua, NH “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being a Section Chair” Santo (Sandy) Mazzola Bylaws, Operations/ Leadership Training

  2. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair” • You Need to train your volunteers • Train your Excom members with CLE(Center For Leadership Excellence) • https://ieee-elearning.org/CLE/ (IEEE positions, Professional) • Train them in vTools, SAMIEEE, L31s etc • Trained volunteers are more valuable • IEEE training available at IEEE Technical Activities Operations • http://ieee.org/volunteer-development (General and Professional)

  3. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair” • Finding Volunteers – You need to recruit, recruit, recruit from day one • Your job is to make people want to get involved • Communicate effectively • Have job descriptions available so potential volunteers know what is involved • Try to find people with energy - Try to find young people – find new people

  4. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair” • You will face challenges in your section • Individuals, finances, Personality clashes, dwindling membership numbers • Unmotivated volunteers, disruptive volunteers • Encourage all – Be a problem solver – we are engineers • Be inclusive –make your section have a welcoming environment • Don’t play favorites - Celebrate all activities going on in the section • If you find problems in the section – you can’t change it all at once • Tackle things one at a time

  5. “Things They Didn’t Tell You About Being Section Chair” • Don’t let your Excom meeting become a boring dirge • Don’t let people read their reports - Invite outsiders to your Excom meeting • Be a team builder • Think outside the box don’t be afraid to try something new –Just because that’s the way it was always been done in the section doesn’t make it right • Skills needed as Section Chair – Salesman, engineer, motivator, cleric, communicator, Teacher, Listener, Conflict Manager, Example setter, counselor, and of course a Leader

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