Chapter Presidents & Chapter Rules Workshop September 20, 2014 Mary Zirkelbach, State President Pat Yates, State Rules Committee Chair PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

8 Leadership Styles Strategies for Becoming a Better Leader by Jeffery Sugerman, Mark Scullard, and Emma Wilheim Publication Date: May 16, 2011

Every Kid Needs a Champion – Every DKG Member needs to be Connected Relationships That Can Never Disappear Members –The first piece to Connect Connect the Pieces

Ron Rosenberg Must Be Present In the Moment : To Chance Encounters To Your Strengths & Weaknesses To Unseen Opportunities To Changing Technology To The Current Reality Keynote speaker at International Convention in July, Ron Rosenberg is President of QualityTalk, Inc., and nationally recognized, award-winning expert on marketing and customer service and a winner of the prestigious “Marketer of the Year” award at the International Marketing Summit. Marketing DKG

Resources Divided into sections DKG Network Archive & Search States/chapters websites Forms Committees Society’s International Website

Iowa’s Wiki Password protected –it requires members to request access the first time and then log in with address and password subsequent times to edit or to download forms Document Storage –forms and contact lists State Officer and Committee Information and Goals Links to chapter websites not certified by International Instructions, Manual, and training Videos Available

Upsilon State Website Important dates Password protected contact lists & governing documents State registration forms and applications Shared info and photos of chapter or state projects & programs Published state Bulletin, letters, and chapter newsletters State DKG history Links to International resources

State President’s Letter I write this every month I send it the first week of the month. I send it to all Chapter Presidents, State Team and Past State Presidents

Guiding Principles Seven Purposes Mission Statement Vision Statement Elevator Speech

Governing Documents DKG Constitution and Standing Rules Upsilon By Laws and Standing Rules Upsilon By Laws and Standing Rules Chapter Rules

Additional Resources Available Go-To-Guide Guidelines for Chapter President’s (Guidelines for Membership Committee) (Guidelines for Communication Committee) Brochures –International and Chapter

“When it comes to job performance, there’s really not much difference between an ordinary person and an extraordinary person. It takes a little extra ….” Effort Time Help Reality Change Thinking Attitude Planning John Maxwell

What’s Your “Big Aha?” To stretch to new leadership style To connect with each member? To be present in the moment? To use the dkg.org website? To request access to Upsilon State Wiki? To send chapter news to media, state editor, and webmaster? To keep chapter focused on the Mission and Purposes? To read our governing documents? To use helpful resources and share with your chapter officers and committees? To “take that little extra…..”? Is your puzzle falling into place?