First Things First Chapter Presidents

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First Things First!Chapter Presidents

• 2008-2009 Training Installment 1

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Contents
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Region III Chairperson

• Trevor A. Williams
• University of Tennessee - Knoxville
• 5th-year Senior in Electrical Engineering
• Affiliated Organizations
• NSBE
• Minority Enhancement for the University of
  Tennessee (ME4UT)
• IEEE
• Contact Info
• 901-827-7463 (Cell - Verizon)
• region3chair_at_gmail.com (regional business)
• r3chair_at_nsbe.org (national business)
• Do not use r3chair_at_board.nsbe.org

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Chairpersons Goals

• Continuous communication with Presidents
• Monthly conference calls
• Monthly one-on-one calls (will try my best)
• Leadership Development
• Ensure chapters and region have constant
  qualified leaders
• Continues development of chapter leadership
• Monthly or Bi-monthly regional calls with
  membership
• Increase membership recruitment retention
• Chapter Visits from Regional National Leaders
• Focus also on HBCUs to increase penetration rates
• Expose chapter leaders to leadership
  opportunities on Regional and National level
• Ensure that more people run for regional office

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Chairpersons Goal
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NSBE Region 3 Structure
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NSBE National Structure
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2008-2009 National Directives

• Professional Excellence
• Outreach
• Worldwide Impact
• Engineering Excellence
• Recruitment and Retention

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Role in the National Administrative Committee
Stevenson A. Dunn National Chairperson
Trevor A. Williams Region 3 Chairperson
-Your Name Here- Chapter President
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Role of a President

• Face of the chapter
• Leader of the best and brightest of your campus
• Duties include
• Presiding over meetings
• Developing the chapter strategic plan
• Zone leader for administrative zone (Vice
  President, Programs chair, Secretary, Treasurer,
  and Parliamentarian)
• Work with external organizations (SWE, IEEE,
  etc.)
• Plan and make strategic moves to ensure chapter
  success
• Develop the chapter long range plan

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Presidential Characteristics

• Motivator
• Self-Starter
• Commitment
• Visionary
• Execution

• Personable
• Lead by Example
• Sacrificial
• Communicator
• Delegates

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Role to Chapter Vision

• As president, you are the chapter vision!
• Why did you become president?
• Develop a plan with your board
• Buy in is important for people to realize their
  value and worth in the plan for the chapter
• Look at best practices, chapter history, other
  chapters history, regional and national
  strategic plans

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Activating Your Membership

• Assess member needs
• Communicate the vision
• Maintain enthusiasm in public
• Build a sense of team effort
• Show servitude to membership
• Publicly recognize members
• Be generous with praise/cautious with criticism
• Allow constant flow of communication

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Duties of the Visionary Leader
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Advice for a successful year

• Be consistent and persistent,
• Dont be a board baby sitter
• Stay in communication with your board and
  Regional Chair
• Dont let NSBE run your life - Prioritize
• Realize that all your goals may not happen this
  year, but if you plan right, they can happen in
  the next year or two
• Be visionary, be long range, have an impact and
  be true to NSBE and yourself

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Reporting
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Scenario for Presidents

• This year, several members of your chapter are
  interested in participating in the National
  Convention. However, the cost of the conference
  and your chapters current finances are
  discouraging many students from this initiative.
  
• How can you solicit for financial support to help
  prepare your chapter for this initiative?
• Or what are some creative solutions to this
  dilemma?

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RLC Homework Assignment

• Prepare for Presidents examination
• National Documents
• Regional Documents
• This Presentation
• Register for and attend RLC
• Begin communicating FRC to membership
• Ask Trevor questions when you have them!
• Communication with each other (r3presidents_at_board.
  nsbe.org)

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See you at RLC!!!
Thank You !
Questions Answers