• Get More Volunteers NOW! Recruit Members with Ease–and Keep Them Involved

• Diversity Today—Being More Inclusive Tomorrow For Schools, Parents, Kids and PTA

• Does Your Communication Style Help or Hinder Your Effectiveness / Leadership Capabilities?”

• What Every Leader Should Know About Strategic Planning

Get More Volunteers NOW! Recruit Members with Ease—and Keep Them Involved

Cynthia D’Amour, MBA, People Power Unlimited, LLC

Thursday, June 20, 2013
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PS – 101

Description:  Do you dream of…

• Having tons of happy members?
• Who eagerly sign up to help?
• And stick around year after year?

Imagine what you could accomplish if this described your members.  It doesn’t have to be a dream.  Let’s make it happen.  Join Cynthia D’Amour, MBA to learn simple steps you can take to attract more members, get them involved - and retain them as members from year to year.

As a result of this program, you will know how to:

• Recruit new members with ease.
• Turn "I don’t have time" into "I can’t wait to volunteer!"
• Keep the members you already have.

Come ready to roll up your sleeves, have fun and learn simple, how-to ideas you can use right away.

Diversity Today—Being More Inclusive Tomorrow For Schools, Parents, Kids and PTA

Mauricio A. Velasquez, MBA, Diversity Training Group

Thursday, June 20, 2013
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PS – 102

Description: What is Diversity today in schools?  What does it mean to be Inclusive?  What is working in schools all across this country – worst and best practices will be presented.  Successively strategies will be highlighted.  A comprehensive workbook complete with tips, tools, checklists will be presented.  This will be a highly interactive session.  Come ready to listen, participate, learn and take back actionable recommendations.

Does Your Communication Style Help or Hinder Your Effectiveness / Leadership Capabilities?”

Laura Katen, President, Katen Consulting, LLC

Thursday, June 20, 2013
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PS – 103

Description: Clear, concise communication is the foundation for success. Being an effective communicator reflects confidence, knowledge, credibility, and courtesy.  The way you convey information through words, tone, body language, and technology can either help you to achieve your goals or greatly strain and hinder the process, thereby stalling next steps and your ability to build rapport with others.
 
In this Plenary session you will:

• Increase awareness to your general communication habits, strengths, and tendencies.
• Brainstorm some of your biggest challenges when it comes to effective communication.
• Share your best practices to help colleagues combat their communication concerns.
• Learn strategies and techniques for how you can utilize communication to be seen as a leader.

What Every Leader Should Know About Strategic Planning

Richard Smith, Certified Master Facilitator, Leadership Strategies

Sunday, June 23, 2013
8:30 am – 10:30 am
PS – 104

Description: For PTA leaders to be effective, we must be able to speak and understand strategy.  In this highly-interactive and engaging session, Certified Master Facilitator Richard Smith delivers to you the Drivers Model - a roadmap for building strategy that demonstrates the critical difference between mission versus vision, goals versus objectives, values versus guiding principles, and critical success factors versus strategies.  Also important, Richard uncovers the 10 pitfalls to avoid in strategy!

Learning Objectives:

1. Confidently discuss strategy and strategy components.
2. Apply a strategic planning framework to solving issues.
3. Avoid the common pitfalls that plague many strategic planning efforts.