Central Contact: Greg Casini
Chapter Coaches:
EASTERN TRAINING TEAM
Baird Straughn – Washington D.C.
Tim Guilfoile – Atlantic
Sue Merrow – Maine
Rick Clewett – Rhode Island
WESTERN TRAINING TEAM
Yvonne Cather – Kern-Kaweah
Levi Guter – Arkansas
Lydia Avila – Lone Star
Gary Anderson & Carol Barta – Wyoming
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Sessions:
Session 1 EAST Thursday, July 14 at 6pm CT, 7pm ET
WEST Tuesday, July 12 at 6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT
Assessing and Planning to Achieve Conservation Victories: Understand how your state and local goals can contribute to a national strategy to achieve Climate Recovery Campaign objectives, reflect on the core functions of Chapter ExComs, learn how to inventory and report your Chapter’s conservation victories, review and improve your priority setting process.
Session 2 EAST Thursday, August 4 at 6pm CT, 7pm ET
WEST Tuesday, August 2 at 6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT
Creating a High-Performing ExCom Team: Learn how to build a high-performing ExCom team that achieves significant results by examining trust building, team norms, operating procedures, decision-making practices and accountability strategies.
Session 3 EAST Thursday, August 25 at 6pm CT, 7pm ET
WEST Tuesday, August 23 at 6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT
Structuring Effective ExCom Meetings: Learn how to transform your agendas and get important work done. Explore new ideas on crafting meeting agendas, running productive meetings and following up on action items.
Session 4 EAST Thursday, September 15 at 6pm CT, 7pm ET
EAST Tuesday, September 13 at 6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT
Chapter Communications in the 21st Century: Learn how your Chapter can develop an online communications strategy to expand your outreach and effectiveness; explore the use of specific communications technologies with other volunteers and staff.
Session 5 EAST Thursday, October 6 at 6pm CT, 7pm ET
WEST Tuesday, October 4 at 6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT
Expanding your Leadership Structure to Build a Broader Environmental Movement: Assess your local resources; learn how to expand your leadership structure in order to build a movement around your work that engages a broad diversity of people in your communities.
Session 6 EAST Thursday, October 27 at 6pm CT, 7pm ET
WEST Tuesday, October 25 at 6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT
Creating a Chapter Fundraising Culture: Assess your ExCom’s current commitment to fundraising; learn how to develop an ExCom culture that is supportive of fundraising in order to expand your chapter’s fundraising capacity.
