7:30am                        Check-in for Chapter Leadership Forum opens

8:30am - 12:00pm       Working Together - Reaching New Levels of Leadership Success

Have you ever had a negative day?  How did you feel at the end of it?  Tired, drained... How  effective were you in relating to co-workers and family/friends by the end of the day? Now, have you ever had a positive day?  How did you feel at the end of it?  Energized. How would that affect your relationship and leadership abilities? What if you could create every day to be a great day for yourself? Well‑known author and top‑rated speaker Dr. Jerry V. Teplitz will show you how to make every day that way through actual tools and techniques that will increase your energy levels resulting in more productivity and creativity.  These immediate, effective and easy methods can be applied to all aspects of your professional life.

This seminar is designed to increase productivity and promote team‑building by helping you learn more about your own and other members of your chapter’s work styles, group needs, and how both fit into the organization's overall goals.  You will discover practical strategies that foster cooperation and leadership.  And you’ll learn how people with different work styles can resolve incompatibilities and interact more effectively as members of a team.

Click here to see a sample presentation by Dr. Teplitz.

12:00pm - 1:00pm       Connections Lunch

Grab some grub and pull up a chair - this is your chance to network with other chapter leaders from all around the country! Don’t be shy - your fellow chapter leaders are one of your best sources for new ideas, solutions to problems and support!

1:15pm - 1:45pm         Cafe Style Session I - your choice of 3 topics

2:00pm - 2:30pm         Cafe Style Session II - your choice of 3 topics

2:45pm - 3:15pm         Cafe Style Session III - your choice of 3 topics

3:30pm - 4:45pm         Event Fundraising for Not-for-profits

                                                This interactive workshop is a “How To” session that covers seven different revenue sources. 
                                                Using comedian Victoria Maxwell’s presentations as a model, leading fundraising
                                                professional Geran Capewell provides practical examples of how to apply these
                                                event fundraising strategies.

5:00pm - 5:30pm         Closing Session: Planning for Action

Sample Cafe Style Session Topics:

• How do you keep people coming back?
• How do you deal with someone who is in crisis at a support group meeting or chapter function? What if this person is a leader?
• How do you gain new members/participants?
• How do you welcome new people?
• What does or could your chapter do to promote whole health?
• How do you cultivate new leaders or positions of responsibility?
• What policies do you believe every chapter should have? What are your group’s policies? How do you develop policies?
• Where/how do you fundraise? What has worked? What hasn’t?
• What role can I play in the growth of DBSA in my community?
• What do I want DBSA to advocate for on a national level?

What is a "Cafe Style Session" ?

DBSA will provide three rooms per session. Each room will have one topical question per session time (see list above) and will also have a facilitator to help with the flow of discussion. During each session, notes will be taken on the discussion and these notes will be compiled and shared with all participants after the conference. These sessions are designed to allow for candid conversation between chapter leaders about their experiences and ideas they may have. We encourage you to select topics that hold a particular interest for your community's chapter. You may switch session rooms at any time.

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