Twenty-seven affiliated chapters strengthen their leadership and association management skills at GCSAA symposium
Forty-seven representatives from 27 affiliated chapters participated in GCSAA’s Chapter Leaders/Executives Symposium, March 25-26 at GCSAA Headquarters. Chapters sent a volunteer leader (often the vice president or secretary) and executive staff to the one-and-a-half day program. It provided an opportunity to strengthen the chapter’s leadership team, build on successes, and learn new concepts and ideas to support chapter effectiveness.
The symposium objectives were:
- Enhance your interpersonal relationships by better understanding your leadership and communication styles, and how it impacts your interaction with others
- Learn how to be a highly successful team leader for your facility and your chapter
- Understand how to provide a more meaningful chapter experience, through the engagement of members and volunteer involvement
- Develop a foundation to achieve chapter goals
- Build a professional network of peers who share best practices and innovative ideas
“This has been a rewarding experience that has fulfilled my goals for the event. I have learned more in the 2 days here than from any other source!” Vincent Matics, Jr., CGCS, New Hampshire GCSA vice-president.
Session topics included:
- The Value Proposition – Recruiting new members and retaining the ones you have
- The Partner Recognition Program – a different approach to generating non-dues revenue
- Planning Education for Your Chapter
- Securing the Future
- Leadership Styles Workshop
- Technology Tips and Training
Thank you to these chapters and their representatives for participating in the 2007 symposium:
- Brian Abels, Iowa GCSA
- James Alwine, Sierra Nevada GCSA
- Theresa Baria, Mid-Atlantic Association of GCS
- Shane Bass CGCS, Florida GCSA
- Melanie Bonds, Alabama GCSA
- Matthew Boyce, Virginia GCSA
- David Calahane, Rocky Mountain GCSA
- Luke Cella, CGCS, Chicagoland Assoc. of GCS and Midwest Assoc. of GCS
- Irene Cline, GCSA of Central California and Sierra Nevada GCSA
- Scott Dickson, Sierra Nevada GCSA
- Thomas DiFonzo, CGCS, New Hampshire GCSA
- Donn Eurich, Michigan GCSA
- Robert Flanagan, CGCS, Gulf Coast GCSA
- James Foster CGCS, Calusa GCSA
- Anthony Gowan, Nebraska GCSA
- Lee Gravett, South Texas GCSA
- Steve Hammon, Michigan GCSA
- Larry Hergott, CGCS, Nebraska GCSA
- Kevin Hicks, Inland Empire GCSA
- Jennifer Innes, Florida GCSA
- Anthony Kalina, Midwest Assoc. of GCS
- William Kistler, Florida West Coast GCSA
- Samantha Kriesch, Calusa GCSA
- Gary Leeper, Rocky Mountain GCSA
- Christopher Mains, GCSA of Northern California
- Vincent Matics, CGCS, GCSA of New Hampshire
- Eric McCormick, Idaho GCSA
- Douglas Melchior, Heart of America GCSA
- Barbara Mikel, GCSA of Northern California
- David Norman, Virginia GCSA
- Frank Ogletree CGCS, Louisiana-Mississippi GCSA
- Darin Pearson, Heart of America GCSA
- Brenden Reakseker, San Diego GCSA
- Tricia Roberts, Gulf Coast GCSA
- Carmella Ruggiero, Cactus and Pine GCSA
- Grant Rundblade, Northwestern Illinois GCSA
- Lori Russell, Idaho GCSA, Inland Empire GCSA and Peaks & Prairies GCSA
- Michael Swing CGCS, GCSA of Central California
- Christophere Thomas, Peaks & Prairies GCSA
- Edward Lee Upchurch, Alabama GCSA
- Brenda Warner, San Diego GCSA
- Linda Wells, Louisiana-Mississippi GCSA
- Jeff Wendel, CGCS, Iowa GCSA
- Anthony Williams CGCS, Georgia GCSA
- Steven Wolf, Northwestern Illinois GCSA
- Tenia Workman, Georgia GCSA
- Scott Wunder, Mid-Atlantic Assoc. of GCS
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The Chapter Leaders/Executives Symposium is funded in part by the Williams Leadership Endowment through
The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of GCSAA.
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