Personal

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Personal Professional Development Programs
Why? What? How?

• April 5, 2014
• Board Meeting

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Why use PPD Programs?

• To promote Membership
• Describe a benefit of NYSW, Inc.
• for all age groups (youth, young women,
  experienced women)
• for all interests (student, military, veteran,
  working, volunteer)
• Something for everyone
• Offers participation, mentoring and monetary
  award

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Why use PPD Programs?

• 2) To increase Visibility
• Advertise your chapter
• Publish your Chapter programs
• Sample Press Release ? ? ? ? ?

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• PRESS RELEASE
• For Immediate Release
•  
• Insert date
• For more information, please contact insert
  name, phone, email
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• NY State Women, Inc. insert local chapter name
  introduces mentoring programs
• New York State Women, Inc. insert Local Chapter
  name is seeking participants for the
  organizations mentoring programs - New
  Careerist, Career Recognition and Political
  Development. The New Careerist Program is open
  to participants between the ages of 21 and 32
  with a minimum of one year and a maximum of three
  years of full time experience. The Career
  Recognition Program mentors those who have
  recently changed careers or had an exceptional
  achievement during the previous three years. The
  Political Development Program mentors those
  interesting in the legislative process. Program
  is open to non-members but membership is required
  to complete the program and compete at the New
  York State Women, Inc. Annual June Conference.
  Awards at the state-wide competition are first
  place 500, 300 for second place and 200 to the
  third place winner.
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• New York State Women, Inc. (formerly BPW) was
  founded in 1919 to support and advocate for
  working women. New York State Women, Inc. insert
  Local Chapter name is one of 40 local chapters
  throughout New York State. The organization
  supports women looking to advance their careers
  and provides educational programs at the state
  and local level to foster personal and
  professional growth.
• For more information please contact insert name,
  phone and email of membership chair (or other
  contact)

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Increasing Visibility

• Follow-up Press Release
• Announce the results
• Pictured Personal Professional Development
  Chair Gale Cohen presenting Career Recognition
  awards to winners Roberta Hayes and Erin Taylor
  Talcott

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Why use PPD Programs?

• 3) Sets us apart from other organizations
• What makes us different? PPD Programs!
• Sample elevator speech to describe this unique
  benefit
• NYSWI assists working women looking to grow and
  expand in their field by providing the
  opportunity to learn from other successful women
  and speaking competitions to foster personal and
  professional growth.
• How? Our New Careerist program mentors those
  aged 21 to 31 Career Recognition Program
  supports those with an exceptional achievement
  and the Political Development Program guides
  those wanting to advocate for a special issue.

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What are the Programs?

• Career Recognition Program
• Member by State Conference
• No age restrictions
• Who tells us of a Personal achievement
• A change in career, or
• An exceptional career achievement during the
  last 3 years, or
• An exceptional achievement as volunteer during
  the last 3 years

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What are the Programs?

• New Careerist Program
• Member by State Conference
• Between ages 21 - 32
• Who tells us of a Professional achievement
  during a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 3
  years work experience

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What are the Programs?

• Political Development Program
• Member by State Conference
• No age restrictions
• Who tells us of a Political/Advocacy
  achievement by contacting a legislator who
  opposes the issue
• Write a letter visit their office to convince
  them to reconsider

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What are the Programs?

• Athena Society
• Reach out to Military Women
• What can we do to help them?
• e.g., food drives, personal contact with their
  families, recordable books for military
  children, frequent flyer miles donate to Hero
  Miles
• Honor a Military Woman this November
• Athena Membership Award
• Sponsor a Woman in the Armed Forces or a Veteran
  to a one-year membership
• Details on entry form

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Youth Leadership Conference

• Helen Rico
• Youth Leadership Chair

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Youth Leadership Conference

• The Reality Store (takes approx 3 hours)
• Your Career
• Researching the Company
• The Resume
• The Handshake
• Behavior Based Interviews
• Dressing for Success

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How to implement a PPD program

• Pick a Chair
• To promote the programs to members public
• To mentor the CR, NC or PD candidate
• In their professional or personal life
• In the steps of the program
• To advise the CR, NC or PD candidate
• Develop speech for chapter, region and state
  levels
• To support the candidate / member
• To coordinate with region /or state Chair

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Questions? Contact information State Chairs

• Athena Society
• Lois Force
• loisforce_at_gmail.com
• Career Recognition
• Kathleen Pernice
• kath29_at_virtualforum.com
• New Careerist
• Linda Provo
• bpwny12986_at_verizon.net

• Political Development
• Mary Ellen Morgan
• Dmmea_at_aol.com
• Youth Leadership
• Helen Rico
• hrico_at_twcny.rr.com
• PPD programs
• Gale Cohen
• g.s.cohen920_at_gmail.com