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Council Conversations: Alternative Program Formats. Shari Fox Assistant Vice President for Development University of Michigan. Webinar Objectives. Identify challenges in developing council programs Identify various program formats Discuss effective uses of those formats
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Council Conversations:Alternative Program Formats Shari Fox Assistant Vice President for Development University of Michigan
Webinar Objectives • Identify challenges in developing council programs • Identify various program formats • Discuss effective uses of those formats • Generate conversation and new ideas!
Programming Challenges • Diversity of council membership/audience • Technical versus non-technical • Competition for attention • Cost • Fresh ideas for content and format
One important tip… Don’t try to do it all in one program!
Traditional Presentation • Can work for all audiences • Keys to success • Good marketing – title; communication channels • Great speaker • Appropriate length of formal remarks • Q & A/audience participation • Audio-visuals • Resource materials
Case Studies • Can work for all audiences • Keys to success • Good marketing • Cases must be realistic, appropriate for intended audience • Good facilitation • Time management • Defined outcomes • Report out to group, including in writing
Virtual Seminars • Audience dependent upon topic • Low cost • Bring nationally prominent speaker to local group • Use for member recruitment • Keys to success • Quality projection and conference phone equipment • Good marketing • Good venue • Opportunity for discussion
Roundtable Discussions • Tend to work better for beginning to intermediate level professionals • Keys to success • Several good discussion topics • Great marketing • Good facilitators • Good scribes • Report out to group, including in writing
Hands-on Labs • Goal: create something in the moment (gift acceptance policies, CGA policies, gift agreement templates, recognition policies, etc.) • Good for nonprofit professionals and/or board members • Keys to success • Good facilitator • Engaged, participative audience
Brown Bags • Open forum on one or more topics • Good for beginner to intermediate level professionals • Keys to success • Good marketing – set appropriate expectations • Good facilitation – some formal material to get the ball rolling • Engaged, participative audience
PPP Resources • Council Resources area: http://www.pppnet.org/council_resources/index.html • Board Speakers Bureau: http://www.pppnet.org/council_resources/index.html • Each other! • Council Presidents Listserv (ppp-pres-l@iupui.edu) • Leadership Assembly
PPP Staff Contacts • Barbara Yeager (byeager@pppnet.org) • Questions about PPP web resources and presidents listserv • Questions about Virtual Seminars • LEAVE A LEGACY™ • General questions about council programming • Questions or suggestions about Leadership Assembly • Belinda Gillett (bgillett@pppnet.org) • Council/individual membership questions • ICDMS questions • Leadership changes