Running an Effective Chapter

What is an Effective Chapter?Meet regularly

Active campaignsSuccessful campaigns

Engagingbring in new people (recruitment)

Respond to emails“OH SHIT What will Surfrider say about this”

Amazing, awesome eventsFull executive committee

All that stuff is work

Bummer. But these should ease the pain

O Plan your work – Work Your PlanO Get Help & DelegateO Lead by ExampleO Leverage Tools

PLANO Yearly Chapter Planning –O Chapter Leader toolkits O Campaign Planning Meetings O Committee Meetings – make

plans/decisions Bring to EC or Chapter Meetings

O Update /revisit plans at regular meetings

Get Help & DelegateO Complete ECO Additional Volunteers - O Committee ChairsO Regular meetings Effective

Meetings (Place and time to ask for vols, plan activities, get input, collaborate)

O Leadership transition

Effective MeetingsO Time Frame

O Start on TimeO Agenda

O StandardizeO Robert’s Rules of OrderO Chairperson runs the meeting

O Raise your hands- don’t let people talk over each other

O Pick out things you like/ don’t like and bring into E.C. meeting

Lead by Example – If you want new Vols

OShow up at Chapter eventsOLet people know what you doOHave Fun! OSmooth transitions – minimize

bailouts

Tech Tools – not a substitute for real thing

O Mail Chimp O WebsiteO Chapter EmailsO Online Storage – Google Drive,

Dropbox etc

Resources Out There O How to Run an Effective Chapter on

ChapternetO Basic Requirements… on ChapternetO Yearly Chapter Panning PPT on - netO CVT VideosO Campaign Planning videosO Toolkits generic one