1. NAWIC Builds Effective Leaders

2. Agenda Association Leadership Skills Legal & Fiduciary Responsibility
Strategic Plan
Board Meeting & General Meeting Tips
Important Dates to Remember
Communication & Correspondence
Tips for Member Retention Success
Members Involvement/Attendance
Leadership Resources
Questions/Discussion

3. Association Leadership Skills
Strategic thinking
Effective communication
Earned respect from others
Collaborative and understand
group decision-making
Understand roles and
responsibilities
Practice oversight
Earned reputation for personal integrity
Demonstrated familiarity and passion for mission

4. Legal & Fiduciary Responsibility

5. NAWIC Strategic Plan
NAWIC’S Vision: The Association that empowers women and influences the direction of the construction industry.
Goal - Awareness: Employers will recognize the value of NAWIC membership and participation for their employees.
Goal - Education: NAWIC members will be widely recognized and valued for their knowledge and expertise in the construction industry.
Goal - Infrastructure: NAWIC will be structured, governed and aligned to maximize financial, staff and volunteer resources to meet our goals.
Goal - Membership: NAWIC will be a thriving organization of women industry professionals.

6. Board/General Meeting Tips
# of Meetings Per year
Small Board Procedures
# of Business Meetings Per Year
Meeting Minutes
Relevant and Engaging
Treasurer Report/Budget/Checks
Personal Liability
Business

7. Important Dates to Remember
National will be sending out Outlook Tasks with reminders, date due and form attached where applicable.

8. Communication & Correspondence

9. Tips for Member Retention Success
REMEMBER THESE FIVE THINGS:
PERSONAL OUTREACH SPEAKS VOLUMES.
PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! BEING ORGANIZED
AND PROFESSIONAL MAKES A LASTING
IMPRESSION (SO DOES THE OPPOSITE!).
LISTEN AND TRULY HEAR WHAT YOUR
MEMBERS ARE SAYING.
HONESTY AND INTEGRITY ARE EARNED
THE HARD WAY, BUT LOST VERY EASILY.
COMMUNICATE!!!!

10. Ideas for Member Involvement/Attendance
Invite all members to attend the Chapter planning meeting.
It is a great time for them to ask questions and get involved.
Send out survey prior to Chapter planning meeting to see what the members want.
Member spotlights at each meeting where they have 2-3 minutes to talk about their company and/or themselves working in the construction industry.
Prior to starting this one of your meetings could be creating your NAWIC elevator speech. The process could then be utilized for their own personal and/or professional elevator speech.
Ask members to host a meeting at their business.
The topic can be about something surrounding the member’s business or
just the meeting place.
Have periodic “Drop In Coffee” and/or “Lunch and Learn”.
Have membership committee reach out to M.I.A. members.
Encourage engagement: Members want to get involved but
aren’t sure how and/or appreciate being asked to help out
instead of volunteering.
Mentoring program

11. Leadership Resources

12. Questions/Discussion NAWIC Builds Effective Leaders