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Innovative Council Program Formats for Effective Engagement

Explore diverse program formats, challenges & strategies for council development. Generate fresh ideas & foster conversations. Key tips for successful programming included!

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Innovative Council Program Formats for Effective Engagement

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  1. Council Conversations:Alternative Program Formats Shari Fox Assistant Vice President for Development University of Michigan

  2. Webinar Objectives • Identify challenges in developing council programs • Identify various program formats • Discuss effective uses of those formats • Generate conversation and new ideas!

  3. Programming Challenges • Diversity of council membership/audience • Technical versus non-technical • Competition for attention • Cost • Fresh ideas for content and format

  4. One important tip… Don’t try to do it all in one program!

  5. Program Formats

  6. Traditional Presentation • Can work for all audiences • Keys to success • Good marketing – title; communication channels • Great speaker • Appropriate length of formal remarks • Q & A/audience participation • Audio-visuals • Resource materials

  7. Case Studies • Can work for all audiences • Keys to success • Good marketing • Cases must be realistic, appropriate for intended audience • Good facilitation • Time management • Defined outcomes • Report out to group, including in writing

  8. Virtual Seminars • Audience dependent upon topic • Low cost • Bring nationally prominent speaker to local group • Use for member recruitment • Keys to success • Quality projection and conference phone equipment • Good marketing • Good venue • Opportunity for discussion

  9. Roundtable Discussions • Tend to work better for beginning to intermediate level professionals • Keys to success • Several good discussion topics • Great marketing • Good facilitators • Good scribes • Report out to group, including in writing

  10. Hands-on Labs • Goal: create something in the moment (gift acceptance policies, CGA policies, gift agreement templates, recognition policies, etc.) • Good for nonprofit professionals and/or board members • Keys to success • Good facilitator • Engaged, participative audience

  11. Brown Bags • Open forum on one or more topics • Good for beginner to intermediate level professionals • Keys to success • Good marketing – set appropriate expectations • Good facilitation – some formal material to get the ball rolling • Engaged, participative audience

  12. Other ideas?

  13. PPP Resources • Council Resources area: http://www.pppnet.org/council_resources/index.html • Board Speakers Bureau: http://www.pppnet.org/council_resources/index.html • Each other! • Council Presidents Listserv (ppp-pres-l@iupui.edu) • Leadership Assembly

  14. PPP Staff Contacts • Barbara Yeager (byeager@pppnet.org) • Questions about PPP web resources and presidents listserv • Questions about Virtual Seminars • LEAVE A LEGACY™ • General questions about council programming • Questions or suggestions about Leadership Assembly • Belinda Gillett (bgillett@pppnet.org) • Council/individual membership questions • ICDMS questions • Leadership changes

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