Clubs Essential Training Workshops

Goal Setting and Values

Why are you involved in your club or organization? What motivates you? What is your group’s vision for the year? Often, we don’t ask ourselves these questions. This workshop will help you to develop and articulate your vision and values and learn how to engage your membership in this conversation. By having a clear vision, goals and values for your group, your membership will feel more engaged and connected to the bigger picture. Participants will learn about the SMART goals framework and how to implement it for individual and organizational goal setting. We will also discuss goal accountability, prioritizing and communicating progress.

Prioritization: Tools & Techniques Self-Care for Student Leaders

Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, states: “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities”. Being a student leader who builds communities, organizes activities and inspires change is exhausting! This workshop will identify strategies to improve prioritization through discussion of effective tools and techniques while exploring what it means to feel good and function well as a student leader. You will begin to understand the importance of managing your energy (not your time) while working as a leader in your campus organization. Drawing on recent evidence from the study of well-being, you’ll be introduced to a cluster of activities that promote resiliency and prevent burnout so you can be at your best. We will engage in conversations and activities that allow you to identify behaviours and attitudes that encourage prioritizing what’s “important” in your organization.

Effective Feedback

Participants in this session learn how to deliver effective, positive and constructive feedback. Feedback is a crucial element in group progress and success and helpful in working through conflict. Participants discover important theories and tips behind delivering and receiving feedback. Hands-on opportunities to practice giving feedback in a safe and inclusive learning environment will be included. Case studies and real-world examples are used to help members develop strategies to deliver feedback. Lastly, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on past feedback given and received, and the outcomes of that feedback, as well as time to develop goals towards giving feedback within their organization.

Reflection

Reflection is a key part of any leadership or group experience. It allows for an opportunity to think about your actions and results and determine ways of moving forward. This session will give you an opportunity to participate in a guided reflection, as well as learn about some tools to guide your group through reflection.

One of the goals of this workshop should provide this group of leaders to reflect and think about their experience as the main leaders of their student group. They should be given opportunity to discuss what they would feel were best practices and discuss “what they wish they had known.” This “advice” can be used in future workshops (and particularly the Presidents’ Retreat).

This session is aimed at senior and graduating students to discuss leaving your legacy in your organization and moving on in your organization or passing the leadership torch on to someone new. Change is a challenging and inevitable part of life and especially in your organization’s life. This session will be an opportunity to talk about moving on, how to inspire leadership in others and how to stay involved without taking over new incoming executives.

Exploring New Roles in Leadership

Have you ever found yourself in a role where you have felt uncertain or unsupported, and asking yourself how did you get there? Starting in a new role can be exciting but also nerve-wracking. Whether you are stepping up into a leadership role for the first time or transitioning from one role to another, authentic leadership is a tool that can be utilized to help ensure a smooth transition. Being authentic in your search for new roles or when starting in these roles is important to create your own identity in the workplace.

Club Cafés

Club Cafés are designed to gather club leaders from specific executive roles for casual conversation, networking, brainstorming and troubleshooting.

Topics:

• Presidents
• Appreciation
• Recruitment and Retention
• Fundraising and Sponsorship
• Engaging and Motivating Team

Finances

New to your financial role within a campus club or organization? Looking for a refresher on essential financial literacy skills as they relate to clubs? Join us to learn about available club funding on campus, how to budget for the year, organize financial information, and understand the importance of financial accountability and transparency within your organization. We will review some popular funding applications, timelines and best practices when requesting funding. A budgeting template will be shared and reviewed to help you keep track of your club finances and we will share some tips for requesting sponsorship!