Empowering Leadership and Advancing Equity: Insights from AAUW Florida Convention 2018

Stepping Into The Future Together! Patricia Ross, AAUW Florida President-Elect Members of the AAUW Florida Team AAUW Florida Convention 2018

Who We Are: AAUW advances equity for women and girls through Advocacy, Education, Philanthropy, Research

YOU ARE A LEADER, NOW WHAT? What do you want to accomplish in your term? Set inclusive goals Plan -Plan - Plan. (strategic planning). Be long range in your goals think about how today impacts the future. Lead with kindness, but lead regardless. Respect!! Collaborate - get buy in from your committees or boards. Welcome input, but know where you are heading. Don t squander the admiration of others.

KEEP YOUR OFFICER AND CONTACT INFO UP-TO-DATE Make sure your contact info is up to date both on the National website and with the state! Without accurate contact info, you will miss vital information which will enable you to be successful If you have a website, remember to update that as well!

READ YOUR EMAIL AND RESPOND! If you don t have time, or are not technologically comfortable, assign a team member to summarize the info and share it with you and/or the board Make sure your contact info is up to date!

WHAT DOES THE BOARD DO? Position Descriptions at www.aauw.org Good descriptions that outline: Responsibilities to Branch Responsibilities to Your State Responsibilities to AAUW Leadership Skill helpful to the Position Time Commitments

Bylaws The rules of the game AAUW FL Bylaws Chair (2018-20): Virginia Farace

BOARD MEETINGS What You Want Someone to Feel When They Leave The Meeting: The meeting was consequential The meeting was efficient I mattered I know what happens next

Run an Effective Meeting

GETTING TEAM MEMBERS INVOLVED Brainstorm solutions: go around group rather than just those that speak up Ask questions to involve quieter team members Don t let one person dominate; ask another person to share Don t let group get stuck on one point; summarize, determine action, move on

ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER Make your meetings more effective and ensure you do things legally! Mimi Welch, AAUW FL Parliamentarian

Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-bound Branch members will work together to increase branch membership by 20 percent by June 2019.

Work with Other Community Groups Other groups share our goals. Work with them on a project that builds on that shared interest. Collaborating with other groups can make projects more affordable and bring skills we need for a successful program. A program or project is a date , not a marriage . You can work with several different organizations on different projects that reflect those shared interests.

DELEGATION Barriers to delegation include: I can do it better myself People don t follow through People will think I don t want to do the work myself I am not open to different ways of doing things Delegation is way too much work

DELEGATION JUMP IN, JUST DO IT!! Be clear on what you are asking Delegate the objective, not the procedure: don tmicromanage How can I help you? Be patient remember you asked them to do it Be prepared for difficulties help but try not to take task back Say "Thank You. (again and again!)

WHAT DO WE DO NOW? CURRENT Many Repeats Job Skills Training This is how we do it here Too New, Too Young, Too To! FUTURE Teach the AAUW History Identify Talent Take yourself out of the Equation! Mentor/Partner (Not Tell What to Do!)

WHY DO WE NEED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT? Reinvigorate our Branches, State, National Organizations. Have Leadership Succession in Place to Keep Our Organization Going Create new member opportunities that will feed into the pipeline.

TRANSITION TOOLS Prepare for the Upcoming Year with Board Member Transition Tools www.aauw.org/resource/board-member- transition-tools

Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit http://www.aauw.org/resource/diversity-and-inclusion-tool-kit/

REMEMBER! AAUW Florida offers: Leaders on Loan Mini-grants to support new programs Leadership Development Conference Calls Lobby Days Support Grants Website and Florivision

AAUW Resources There are MANY AAUW resources on the website. Spend some time exploring! Fellowships and Grants (especially Community Action Grants) Outlook (If members want to receive a paper copy they can request it) The electronic goes to the email on file. Other publications (Mission in Action, Washington Update, Two-Minute Activist, LAF, etc. Conference Calls and Webinars Help from Site Resources with developing a branch website One Member One Vote (Ballots go to email on file)

Community Action Grants From AAUW National One year ($5,000) or two year ($10,000) For individuals, AAUW Branches or States, community-based nonprofits, or non-degree research projects January 15th deadline; awarded in April; payout on July 1.

Let Go 4 Schools Locally-created dance performance about negative voices AAUW brought to wider audiences Audience response at a fundraising performance Grant will provide funding for filming the performance, creating a workbook and bringing it to 1,200 middle school girls in Indian River County with the full cooperation of the School District DVD and workbook will be the property of Amanda Cox, founder of Alchemy Dance in Orlando. Interested in bringing it to your schools?

Visibility & Advocacy Consider letters to the editor, meetings with local representatives, proclamations, etc. They all promote our issues and increase visibility! And then SHARE: on your website, ion social media in your newsletter, etc

Fundraising