Strengthening Your Chapter's Professional Development Programs

1. From 0-100: Strengthening Your Chapter’s Professional Development Programs Stacy Gregg, CPPO, CPPB President, SC Association of Governmental Purchasing Officials State of South Carolina – Procurement Division

2. EXPERIENCE • SC Association of Governmental Purchasing Officials: • 2015 President • 2014 VP/Program Committee Chairperson • 2013 Professional Development Committee Chairperson • Committee Service include Program, ProD, and Forum Committees • Richland One • Procurement 101 • MUNIS • ZMC • Women’s Weekend • Homecoming Weekend

3. SESSION OUTCOMES • DISCUSSIONS • Determining member needs • Type of Programs in our Chapters • Resources for Programs • Program Specifics • Toolkit ? Stacy’s Thoughts

4. PLANNING When do we start planning? How do we build our Professional Development Goals?”

5. PLANNING “As a general rule, I find that I am most successful if I begin planning 3-6 months prior to the start of the new year. • Start By: • Identifying the usual events • Searching for opportunities • Defining your needs • Looking at other Chapters • Ask/Survey members

6. PLANNING What types of events are we hosting for our Chapters?

7. PLANNING • Webinars • Training Days • Lunch & Learn Events • NIGP Courses • Conferences/Forums Leadership needs to be innovative and open to change if we are going to provide our members what they need to be successful… …and then we must be marketing geniuses.

8. RESOURCES • What are some of the resources needed to execute: • Webinars, • Training Days, • Lunch & Learns, • NIGP Courses, and • Conferences?

9. RESOURCES • Some of the resources needed to execute: • Webinars: Technology, Technicians • Training Days: Venue, AV, Speakers, Refreshments, Hosts/MC • Lunch & Learns: Venue, AV, Speakers/Facilitators • NIGP Courses: Venue, Supplies, AV, Host • Conferences: Committee, Meeting Rooms, Lodging, Caterers, Speakers, signage, etc., etc., etc.,

10. Let’s Discuss… • Webinars • Who is providing? • How? • How much does it cost? Did you know that NIGP has a Group Option?

11. Let’s Discuss… • Training Days • What do you do? • How long do they last? • How often? • What is some of your recent content? • Does it include membership meetings?

12. Let’s Discuss… • Lunch & Learn Events • What is your response from the membership? • Who provides food? • Where do you have them? • How do you time it?

13. Let’s Discuss… • NIGP Courses • Who hosts? • What are some of the benefits? • What are some challenges? • How do you choose venue?

14. Let’s Discuss… • NIGP Courses • Who hosts? • What are some of the benefits? • What are some challenges? • How do you choose venue? Challenges: Finding hosts & venues, choosing dates, return of deliverables, costs, filling seats Benefits: Rebates, quality training, NIGP handles everything, filling void/helping members

15. Let’s Discuss… Conference Events How many days? Which ones? What kind of events? Pre-Forum events? How do you close? Registration Numbers? Member Enticement? Member Engagement? Partners/Sponsors? What kind of materials?

16. Let’s Discuss… Conference Events How do you choose your speakers? Does your event include Trade Show? What are the costs… To members? Guests? Vendors? Special, unique, innovative ideas? Who is generating revenue?

17. TOOLKIT Please Provide a Recommendation: Who has been among the best speakers you’ve hosted at your events and why?

18. TOOLKIT Stacy’s Favorites - SCAGPO Deb Sofield Manuel Scott Harriet Turk Mookie Wilson

19. TOOLKIT Why use a budget?

20. TOOLKIT How can your website help?

21. TOOLKIT What is the value in N-Site?

22. Toolkit If you can, invest in a good graphic artist!

23. Questions, Comments, Ideas Stacy Gregg president@scagpo.org sgregg@mmo.sc.gov Or Let’s exchange ideas in an N-Site Community! Please feel free to contact me through N-Site, SCAGPO, or in my office..