Identifying Future Leaders & Promoting Volunteer Opportunities for Leadership Development
Explore the importance of identifying future leaders and promoting volunteer opportunities as tools for leadership development. Learn how to craft a recruiting plan, assess personal growth, recognize intangible benefits, and understand what drives potential volunteers. Discover ways to engage individuals based on their skills and interests, fostering a culture of leadership within organizations.
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Identifying Future Leaders and Identifying Future Leaders and Promoting Volunteer Opportunities Promoting Volunteer Opportunities Presented by: Clara E. Onderdonk, CLM Association Leadership Institute Friday, March 15, 2024
Prepare your recruiting plan: Prepare your recruiting plan: Why do you volunteer? How have you grown - both personally and professionally? What are the intangible benefits? Put these thoughts together with stories. Ask them if they enjoy speaking, writing, researching, planning, promoting or something else. Are they an introvert or an extrovert? Suggest something from the new volunteer structure for them to consider.
Why do you volunteer? Why do you volunteer? What excites you when you volunteer? What makes you want to continue to volunteer? What was the path that brought you to this room?
How have you grown? How have you grown? When you knew your wanted to volunteer, how did you assess the best fit for you? What motivated you? Was it that you were focused on building skills for your next position? Was it building your network of professionals? Was it the feeling of a job well done? Was it as simple as camaraderie? Was it something else?
What are the intangible benefits, and What are the intangible benefits, and what stories do you have to share? what stories do you have to share? Think of things that you learned or opportunities that presented themselves that you never considered. What makes you want to continue to volunteer? What gives you excitement when volunteering? That feeling of excitement is what makes other people want to volunteer as well.
What drives the person you are recruiting? What drives the person you are recruiting? Ask them if they enjoy speaking, writing, researching, planning, promoting or something else. Are they an introvert or an extrovert? What skill set would they like to build for their next career advancement? What volunteer opportunities will get them there?
Suggest the Volunteer Opportunities Suggest the Volunteer Opportunities Leadership: Leadership: Board of Directors and Foundation Board of Trustees Knowledge: Knowledge: CLM Certification Question Writing Committee CLM Certification Promotion Project Team Future Readiness Advisory Council Event Project Team(s)
Volunteer Opportunities Volunteer Opportunities Networking: Networking: Member Experience Committee Member Ambassador Committee Independent Member Advisory Council Shared Interest Groups (Large Firm Administrators, Small Firm Administrators, Intellectual Property Administrators, Plaintiff/Personal Injury, Corporate/Government, First Five)
Volunteer Opportunities Volunteer Opportunities Resources: Resources: Chapter Connection Committee DEIA Advisory Council Legal Management Operations Standards Project Team Business Partner Focus Groups
Other Volunteer Opportunities Other Volunteer Opportunities Association Nominating Committee Hangout Moderator Membership Ambassador Online Community Moderator Roundtable Facilitator New Member Welcome Notecard Writer Session Manager
I am challenging you to nominate 2 I am challenging you to nominate 2 - - 3 3 people from each ALA event you attend people from each ALA event you attend this year. this year. Now do you have a plan formulated Now do you have a plan formulated to easily invite people to consider to easily invite people to consider volunteering? volunteering?
