Developing Your NAF Advisory Board

1. Developing Your NAF Advisory Board Morning Session Afternoon Session Jessica Felix, Central Jessica Felix, Central Jeanne Friedman, Southeast Sarah Hickert, Northeast

2. Webinar Housekeeping • Participants will automatically be muted • “Raise Hand” feature should be used for technical support • Questions and comments should be typed in the “Question Box” • Copies of the PowerPoint presentation and any documents that are referred to on this webinar will be sent to participants after the webinar

3. Please practice using your Question box by typing your name, academy, and location.

4. Webinar Objectives • By the end of this webinar, participants will: • 1. Understand the purpose and structure of NAF advisory boards • 2. Learn strategies for business partner recruitment • 3. Learn how to plan for your first advisory board meeting(s)

5. Purpose of the NAF Advisory Board

6. NAF YOP Evidence Folder Requirements • Essential: • Commitment letters from industry members, higher education and community partners • Partnership outreach/recruitment strategy • Evidence of an advisory board meeting (minutes) • Advisory board strategic plan and by-laws • Advisory board roster, roles, committee members, and responsibilities

8. Purpose of the NAF Advisory Board

9. WBL Planning Tool

10. Identifying Prospective Members

11. Poll the Audience: How is your academy identifying prospective business partners? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

12. Partner Recruitment Plan

13. Poll the Audience: Identify the organization and position of someone who you hope will serve on your Advisory Board. • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

14. Poll the Audience: What is one strategy you’ll use to recruit a new partner to your advisory board? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

15. Recruitment Strategies Plan Recruitment Events • Event Ideas • Academy Open House (guided tours, class observations, shadowing of current students) • Partnership Breakfast • Student or Volunteer Awards Ceremonies • Event Tips • Provide food! • Make your target audience feel “special” • Highlight strengths of your program • Web site is current

16. Recruitment Strategies Engage Current Students “I have been pushed to limits I didn’t know that I had. I now want to explore all different fields of business.” –Jose Rivera, Academy of Finance “Without NAF academies, I think that a lot of young adults would go to the business world blindsided, not knowing what to expect.” –Ashley Boone, Academy of Hospitality & Tourism

17. Recommendations for first meetings: • Introduce school, including staff, students, parents and building space • Overview advisory board purpose and structure • www.naf.org/resources • Discuss academy needs to inform advisory board goals • Recognize contributions early and often!

18. Building Advisory Board Structure

19. Building Advisory Board Structure 2.1.b advisory board has strategic plan, updated by-laws, financial plan, and succession plan

20. Poll the Audience: Whatis one goal your advisory board could take on that will support your academy’s needs? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

21. Building Advisory Board Structure 2.1.b advisory board has strategic plan, updated by-laws, financial plan, and succession plan

22. Poll the Audience: Whatis one expectation of Advisory Board membership that you might include in your by-laws? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

25. Resources & Next Steps http://naf.org/community

27. Have we met our objectives? • By the end of this webinar, participants will: • 1. Understand the purpose and structure of NAF Advisory Boards • 2. Learn strategies for business partner recruitment • 3. Learn how to plan for your first Advisory Board meeting(s) • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

28. Next Steps • Connect with your peers and access resources on the Advisory Board Forum on the NAF Online Community: http://naf.org/community • Complete your Partner Recruitment Plan & your Advisory Board Development Plan and include it in your YOP Evidence Binder • Submit feedback on this webinar here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YOPABWeb2012 Thank you for participating in our webinar!

29. NAF Regional Support Northeast Region Tanya Navas, Regional Director tnavas@naf.org Laura Fidler, Instructional Manager lfidler@naf.org Maria Alutto, Academy Development Director malutto@naf.org Sarah Hickert, Academy Development Manager NYC shickert@naf.org Jen Geisler, Network Liaison jgeisler@naf.org West Region Central Region Rebecca Privett, Regional Director rprivett@naf.org JessicaFelix, Academy Development Manager jfelix@naf.org Dan Wallace, Instructional Manager dwallace@naf.org Fred Press, Network Liaisonfpress@naf.org Beth Kay, Regional Director bkay@naf.org Aazam Irilian, Instructional Manager arilian@naf.org Ana Morrison, Network Liaison amorrison@naf.org Southeast Region Jeanine Flynn, Regional Director jflynn@naf.org Steve Brown, Academy Development Director sbrown@naf.org Jeanne Friedman, Academy Development Director jfriedman@naf.org Dan Wallace, Instructional Manager dwallace@naf.org Tony Asplin, Network Liaison aasplin@naf.org