Workshop #1: What is Leadership
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Speakers: Demetrios Roubos (LinkedIn) and Nick DiMatteo (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop will define leadership, discuss qualities in effective leadership, deliberate over different leaders past and present and how each has led their team to success.
Workshop #2: Leadership Styles
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Speakers: Marc Almanzor (LinkedIn) andDemetrios Roubos (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop will discuss various leadership styles, how to identify and adapt leaderships styles, and the pros and cons of each leadership style.
Workshop #3: Organizational Strategy
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Speakers: Elizabeth Peters (LinkedIn) and Nick Dimatteo (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop defines organizational strategy, share steps involved in developing a strategy, including SWOT analysis, setting goals, and developing action plans, learn how to implement an organizational strategy, by assigning responsibilities, providing resources, and monitoring progress.
Workshop #4: Chapter / Committee Leadership
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Speakers: Shereen El Domeiri (LinkedIn) and Gordon Hinkle (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop discusses the responsibilities of a Chapter Leader, what it means to lead your own chapter, as well as the steps involved, mistakes to avoid, and advice for new Chapter Leaders.
Workshop #5: Creating Value for Members
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Speakers: David Bruno (LinkedIn) and Sean Dwyer
Description: This workshop shares the benefits of belonging to a trade association, how to articulate the member value message in ways that resonate with potential members, how and why to date on new, current, and canceled memberships.
Workshop #6: Leadership through Marketing
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Speakers: Claire LaBeaux (LinkedIn) and Ansley Partosa (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop discusses the importance of leadership in marketing. Marketing leaders are responsible for developing and executing marketing strategies that will help the organization achieve its goals. Chapter Leaders can also use marketing strategies to recruit new members and engage existing members.
Workshop #7: Building Community & Membership
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Speaker: Demetrios Roubos (LinkedIn)
Description: Explore the significance and power of effective member recruitment in driving organizational growth. This session will guide you through strategies for identifying and attracting potential members, turning interest into action, and equipping chapter leaders with the tools to succeed in their recruitment efforts. Learn how to build a thriving, engaged membership base with impactful techniques and insights.
Workshop #8: Team Development
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Speakers: Andrew C. Billings (LinkedIn) and Demetrios Roubos (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop discusses the importance of team development, such as improved communication and better decision-making, and how to clarify roles and responsibilities using the RACI framework and leveraging GRPI to build and manage effective teams through communication and collaboration.
Workshop #9: Setting Goals & Achieving Objectives
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Speakers: Matthew Jackson (LinkedIn) and Claire LaBeaux (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop defines goals and objectives, discusses the difference between the two, and emphasizes the importance of goal setting. We will demonstrate how to set SMART goals by making sure that goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.
Workshop #10: Fundraising in Esports
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Speakers: Jackie Lohr (LinkedIn), Matt Archambault (LinkedIn), and Marc Almanzor (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop discusses the importance of relationships in leadership, such as developing trust, improving communication, and creating a supportive and inclusive environment for their team. The session will also focus on empathy and compassion and how to use the two as a stepping stone to leadership.
Workshop #11: Leading High-Performance Teams
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Speakers: Darren Glover (LinkedIn) and Demetrios Roubos (LinkedIn)
Description: This workshop defines and discusses the characteristics of a high-performing team such as: shared commitment, effective communication, accountability, and more and how to maintain a high-performing team after forming one.
Workshop #12: Leading Through Change
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Speaker: Demetrios Roubos (LinkedIn)
Description: Changes happen often, especially within the world of esports. This workshop discusses the challenges of being a leader during change and how to navigate the challenges through it, such as resistance, uncertainty, and stress.