PCIH Leadership ConferenceMae Ping Patrick9/16/2013

Leadership What does it mean to be a leader in our

group?

Leading Change Getting More Volunteers Leading a Team of Diverse Volunteers Creating Collaborative Meetings How to Get Beyond “We’ve always done

it this way!” What’s our Plan for our local section

How does this apply to me? Most of us are experienced or

“seasoned” IH/Safety Professionals Our expertise is technical We all know our field is changing Time and money for meetings is an

issue There are less of us to do the same or

more Why is this important to me?

Volunteering

How do we get more volunteers?

Volunteering for the Local Section

How do we get more volunteers? Embracing leadership – move the mission

forward by using others to help Learn to invite people Find out what people are good at Explain the values of joining Make it “fun” – appreciate those who help

Volunteering

Once Monthly Weekly

15 min Making phone calls

for a specific event

Taking the money at meetings

Getting the mail

1 hour Taking registration

Writing articles for

the newsletter

Managing the website

2 hours Helping at a PDC

Making speaker

plans

Too much to expect

Meetings

How can we have better meetings, or

our meetings already “good”?

Strategies

Unfreeze • Figure out what’s important - what impacts the group, what’s relevant, and discuss in a way people can understand.

• Embrace the student section to help with social media/website and managing.

Move • Soliciting for members actively • Staffing booths at functions to draw

members• Paying dues through the National

AIHA

Refreeze • Monitor change• Make reflections• Look at mini-progresses• Keep going – cycle through

Our Local Section…IDEAS?

What’s the plan? Have good meetings and speakers Provide network opportunities Partnering – other local groups Better distribution of workload Consider the use of social media, teleweb,

students, new ideas, etc. Getting more members involved!

Topic Ideas?

AIHCE/ASSE Local conferences and meetings Businesses Consultants

Volunteers?We need your

help!

Thank you!