Award Winning Teams are good public s ervants!

1. Award Winning Teams are good public servants!

2. Award Winning Teams are good public servants!

3. Today’s Topics • Community Activities • Youth Activities • Management Week in America • NMA Leadership Speech Contest

4. What is Community Service? • Making a difference by contributing something of value – money, skills, time, advice, or sweat equity • Helping without expecting something in return • Motivating someone to make a difference • Taking steps to fulfill the urge or sense of obligation to stand for something bigger than yourself

5. Community Activities Part of the chapter’s mission should be to inform, encourage, and inspire the volunteer within us who believes in making a difference in the world around us. To find places to volunteer, go to: www.serve.gov

6. Community Activities When you are volunteering through the chapter, not only the chapter spreads goodwill, but your sponsoring organization may get the most significant benefit of all – being perceived as a good corporate citizen of the community.

7. Community Activities • Girl Scout/Boy Scout Leaders • Walk/Run/Bike for Charities • Holiday Assistance • Habitat for Humanity • Special Olympics • Blood Drives R-1 Reporting: Sponsoring an Activity vs. Participating in an Activity

8. Community Activities • Cleaning a park • Collecting items for charity such as clothes, food, or furniture • Cleaning roadsides/highways • Serving the elderly in nursing homes • Assisting the local fire or police service • Helping out at a local library • Tutoring children with learning disabilities • Cleaning nursing home gardens

9. Youth Activities • Junior Achievement • Students in Free Enterprise • Get aHead for Business • Coaching and Mentoring • NMA Leadership Speech Contest • Adopt-a-School • Plant tours

10. Management/Leadership Week in America • Designated as first full week in June by Presidential Proclamation in 1983. • Recognizes professionalism and the importance of developing Leadership and Management skills. • Chapters encouraged to designate local “Manager/Leader of the Year.” • Chapters also encouraged to obtain MWIA Proclamations or Resolutions from local city/community leaders.

11. Management/Leadership Week in America We need to generate enthusiasm for understanding great leadership and make an effort to celebrate it in our companies, organizations, and communities. A perfect time to RECOGNIZE others!

12. The NMA Leadership Speech Contest • History and Purpose • Competitive Levels Prizes • Student Eligibility • Contest Rules – Scheduling • Contest Personnel • Information Packet • Forms • Judging Criteria • Reference Materials

13. Speech Contest History and Purpose • Began in 1988 • National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) approved for listing in the “Student Contest and Activities.” • Contest Purposes • Understand various aspects of Leadership • Develop communication skills • Help students finance their education

14. A Look at the Contest Open to students enrolled in High School or Home Schooled (http://www.home-school.com), grades 9-12

15. Contest Forms • Chapter/Council Level • Chapters and Council assume all respective costs • LDC Level (East or West LDC) • Chapters and Council shall be responsible for transportation, food and lodging costs for contestant and parent/chaperone. Contest prizes are provided by NMA. • Sponsoring Chapters/Councils need to identify a “Contact Person” to assist contestant at area contest • Final Level (NMA Annual Conference) • Costs include transportations, one guest room for up to two nights and up to three banquet tickets • Sponsoring Chapter/Councils need to identify “Contact Person” to assist contestant at this level

16. Contest Scheduling • Chapter Level - Conducted between fall and mid-winter • Council Level – Conducted between February and end of March • LDC Level – Conducted at both Leadership Development Conferences scheduled April - June • Final Level – Conducted at Annual Conference scheduled September/October (Four LDC winners compete)

17. Contest Forms The NMA Leadership Speech Contest Guide • Chapter and Contestant Forms (nma1.org) • Chapter Speech Contest Confirmation (Word document) • Student Entry Form (Word document) • Consent and Acknowledgement of Risk Form (Word document) • LDC Speech Contestant Registration Form • Chapter Speech Contest Confirmation Online Form • Contestant Feedback Form

18. Community Services Award • Chapters must submit a monthly Chapter Activity Report (R-1 Form) to NMA (used to document chapter’s participation) • CS Award is presented to Chapters that have completed activities under the D area (Community Services) of the R1 and earned minimum points as determined by this formula: • Minimum Points = .2 * # of *Members + 35 • A chapter with 100 members: • Minimum pts = .2 x 100 + 35 = 55 minimum pts • *Membership figure is the number of paid members that have been reported to NMA as of the last day of the chapter’s administrative year.

19. Recognize Your People! Volunteers need to be recognized!

20. Community Services Reference Materials available to you • Community Services Guide • NMA Speech Contest Guide • Management Week In America Guide • Recognition and Awards Guide

21. Thank you for attending! Download guidebooks at: http://nma1.org

22. Now, let’s get our questions answered!!