D 04 CHAPTER SESSION: Reboot and Refresh: How to Start Over

Sunday, 18 September 2016: 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
*This session is not eligible for continuing nursing education credits.*This session is not eligible for continuing nursing education credits.

Do you find that your chapter volunteers complete an action, event, or program because “that’s the way we’ve always done it”? Settling into a rigid routine can make for a stale chapter experience for your members, and a stale volunteer experience for the chapter's leaders. Your members' needs morph, and your chapter needs to do the same. This session will show your leaders how to start fresh and create a sucessful, sustainable chapter!

The presentation will use the STTI chapter bylaws as a starting point in the strategic planning process. Do you know what the basic requirements are that the chapter needs to achieve each year? This includes providing two events or programs that meet the mission and vision of STTI, and inducting eligible candidates at least once per year. How can you build on these minimum requirements to create the ideal experience for the members of your chapter? How can you create the ideal volunteer experience for chapter leaders? Will the chapter be sustainable beyond your term? Determining member needs, and setting goals and a budget to meet those needs, as well as who is responsible for achieving these goals, will get the chapter on the path to rebooting and becoming more sustainable.

Staff will also use the Chapter Sustainabilty Model to give chapter leaders a good plan of how to use your momentum from the strategic planning phase to work your way up to retention and renewal efforts that will keep your chapter going for years to come. Please come to this session with an open mind and a willingness to try something new for the benefit of your members.

*This session is not eligible for continuing nursing education credits. *This session is not eligible for continuing nursing education credits.

Description/Overview: Do you find that your chapter does something because “that’s the way we’ve always done it”? Settling into a rigid routine can make for a stale chapter experience. This session will show your leaders how to start fresh! This session is not eligible for continuing nursing education credits
Organizers:  Jessica Wendorf, BS, CAE, CNP, Constituent Services Center, The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, IN, USA and Jenny Hoffman, BS, ., Constituent Services Center, Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Moderators:  Jill May Krell, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, School of Nursing, Concordia University, Mequon, WI, USA