1. TIER II- COO WORKSHOP
SOLID SERIES
Office of Student Involvement and Support
Student Activities
University of Connecticut
2. STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
<MEET THE TEAM>
Kristen Carr
Coordinator- Student Organizations and Involvement
Kevin Evringham
Graduate Assistant- Student Organizations and
Involvement
Student Ambassadors
Danielle, Jenny, Stephanie
3. OVERVIEW:
Benefits and Requirements of being a Registered Org
IMPORTANT Policies!
Leading Your Organization
Developing a Strong Community within your Org
Setting Vision and Goals
UConntact & You
Where to go from here
4. REQUIREMENTS OF BEING TIER-II
Accurate Officer & 3 Officer minimum: COO,
Membership Count CFO, SEC, EVC, plus
UConntact: 1 Officer per Advisor
Position. COO & CFO not same
person.
Minimum of 8 students SOLID workshops:
51% of total membership must COO attends the ‘Leading An
be full-time Storrs students Organization’ Workshop
CFO attends a ‘Managing Your
Unless noted in constitution
membership must be open to Finances’ Workshop:
any full-time Storrs students. Secretaries/Record keeper
attends the ‘A Secretary’s Role’
Current copy of the Org Workshop
Constitution EVC attends Event Planning
Less than 4 years old
5. BENEFITS OF BEING A TIER-II!
Included on UCONNTACT!
Can Request Event Space on campus
Involvement Fair Participation Eligibility
Can apply for USG Funding
Student Organization Center Services – 200 FREE
COPIES!
Can CO-Program with SUBOG
Subscribed to The CURRENTS
6. BLUEPRINTS: POLICIES AND RESOURCES
Online and on UConntact SOS
http://studentactivities.uconn.edu/blueprints.html
Info you will want to know:
Requirements of being an Org
Registration Process
Responsibility – group and individual
Finances
Event Planning
Risk Management
Constitution Writing
Resources List
Additional Resources and Support –
Student Org Support Office – SU 302
7. BLUEPRINTS:
RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS
OF THE COO
You Are Responsible: You Are Expected:
o For updating roster o To represent UConn
information professionally and
positively
o For being the primary
point of contact for the o To mentor and support
group & to share info to members in your group
your members
o To have fun at what you
o For asking questions and do!
finding resources
8. BLUEPRINTS:
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LIABILITY
Student organizations may be held responsible for
actions of:
Guests
Members
Anyone authorized to represent the organization
Individuals that ‘take it too far’ during/after an event
Inaction = Authorization = Responsibility
9. THE NITTY-GRITTY OF LEADERSHIP
Running Meetings
Start and end on time
Keep the discussion on track
Encourage feedback
Be a role-model: listen, show respect, admit mistakes
Agenda Setting
Location, Date, Time
Topics to be Covered
Follow-up!
10. GROUP DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION
BEHAVIOR PERSON ENVIRONMENT
Behavior is the function of a person interacting with
their environment
Think about what it’s like when…
11. SO WHAT DO YOU DO…
To recruit members…?
Get Noticed: UConntact, Flyers, Zombie-Walks…
To keep strong membership…?
Teambuilding, Social Activities
Inclusion
To have successful events…?
Plan Ahead
Use a checklist
When you don’t know what to do…?
Ask! dsaSOS@uconn.edu & Your Advisor!
12. YOU & YOUR ADVISOR
As a new COO you’ve not only inherited an
organization, you’ve inherited an advisor!
The ROLE of the Advisor:
Discuss this with your new advisor
Learn about the history of the org/their role
Set expectations
Advisors are a part of UConntact!
Advisors are a resource to you!
13. LEADING TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN
Setting Vision…
…And Goals for your organization
15. SMART GOALS
S= specific
M= measurable
What goals are you
setting for your
A= attainable organization in the
coming year?
R= relevant
T= timely
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17. UConntact is a one stop shop
Involvement opportunities
Elections
Document and picture storing and sharing
Member tracking, emailing and texting
All in a customizable, user driven experience
Groups choose setup, colors, fonts, header and utilize
their own graphics and pictures
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26. ORGANIZATION FUNCTIONALITY
Publish up-to-date news stories of your organization
Upload an unlimited number of pictures of all the
great things your organization has done!
Keep all your documents online in one
convenient place!
Hold elections or create customized
surveys for your membership!
Organization colors not blue and white?
Set up your custom color scheme, font
and style here!
36. UCONNTACT
UConntact
4000 New Students coming to campus starting May 18th!
How will you get yourself noticed?
Involvement Fair Sign-Up: MONDAY APRIL 16th!
37. THINGS YOUR OFFICERS KNOW…
CFO SOLID learned to:
create a budget plan; manage revenue & expenses;
record transactions; report financial status using sound
fiscal and accounting practices.
Secretary SOLID learned:
minute & record keeping; to arrange agendas and
historical documents!
Work Together Cohesively – Share your SMART
goals! Brainstorm activities and actions to take!
38. YOUR STUDENT ORGANIZATION SUPPORT
OFFICE
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
Contact us @ dsaSOS@uconn.edu
Student Union 302
860.486.6588
http://uconntact.uconn.edu
Notes de l'éditeur
UConntact seeks to bridge the gap between reference only web sites and an interactive interface for online organization management
UConntact RecapFeedback has been great!Challenges – Managing Rosters --- All officers & advisor MUST be on uconntact. Manage Roster Feature!Visibility – ACTIVE orgs – not active without everyone! Then need solid. MY SHORTCUTS to manage while frozen.