AAUW Website Tools: What Every Leader Needs to Know
Whether you are a state president or a new branch leader, you want to feel comfortable navigating the AAUW website. With just a few clicks, find advocacy tools, membership resources, program ideas, research publications, news releases, tools for building online community, and more. Learn about these features and functions and bring them back to your state or branch. Angela Cooper, Member Relations Manager, AAUW Ann McKay, AAUW Warner Robbins (GA) Branch Peggy Woods-Clark, Website Manager, AAUW
Grassroots Organizing: A Blueprint For Effective Advocacy And Outreach
Participants will learn important skills they need to become effective advocates when dealing with federal, state, and local policy-makers. This hands-on workshop will provide practical tips and tools to communicate with elected officials on a variety of important policy issues, and presenters will discuss various strategies for increasing the visibility of outreach efforts. This session will benefit those with the desire to promote AAUW's mission through advocacy. Seth Chase, Field Director, AAUW Eileen DeHaro, Southeast Central Regional Director, AAUW Covington-Mandeville and Metairie-Eastbank (LA) Branches
New Members: Fact or Fiction?
Is it true that there are individuals who would be interested in joining AAUW? Sometimes it may seem like fiction, but, in fact, there are many folks who, if they only knew about AAUW, would line up to join. How do we find them? How do we share our passion with them? How do we keep them interested? In this session we will provide you with new ways to attract and communicate with prospective and new members, and we will hear from branches who have concrete examples of success. Ann Gustafson, Chair, Membership Committee Christy Jones, Director of Membership, AAUW
Salary Negotiating Skills For Women
A key component to narrowing the wage gap is improving women's negotiation skills. AAUW's research, Campus Action Projects, and new partnership with the WAGE Project illustrate ways to engage women in the issues of pay equity and the skills of negotiating. Learn about these programs and how to implement them in your own community. Mary Graham, Clarkson University Annie Houle, National Director of Campus and Community Initiatives, The WAGE Project Lisa Maatz, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, AAUW
Women and Money: Five Golden Rules of Investing and Financial Planning for Different Life Stages
Many women feel they need help in making financial decisions. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn the Five Golden Rules of Investing, How to Manage Risk, Asset Allocation, and more.
Veta Jeffery, Manager Financial Services, the Prudential Insurance Company of America Sponsored by Prudential
Opportunities to Expand the Participation of Women and Girls in STEM
Participants will learn about AAUW's program, advocacy, and research efforts to close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) from AAUW members, project leaders, and national office staff members who are working everyday to ensure women and girls have equal access and are inspired to pursue STEM careers.
Marie Wolbach, AAUW Palo Alto and San Carlos (CA) Branches; Creator of AAUW's Tech Trek Camps Nicole Callahan, AAUW Program Associate, National Girls Collaborative Project Kimberly Edgar, AAUW Kenne (NH) Branch; Northeast Regional Liaison, National Girls Collaborative Project Priscilla Mowinkle, AAUW Farmers/Carrollton (TX) Branch; Texas State Membership VP; Reach for the Stars Conference in Math and Science Patricia Shores, AAUW Ballwin-Chesterfield (MO) Branch; Community Action Grantee; Each One Teach One Program
Women's Fundraising in the 21st Century
Hear valuable stories and perspectives from member leaders on their fundraising successes and challenges. The panelists will present the myriad ways to support AAUW through fundraising vehicles such as giving circles, book sales, sponsorships, challenge grants, and the Legacy Circle. Sharon Schuster, Member, Mooneen Lecce Giving Circle and Breaking Through Barriers Major Gifts Committee, AAUW an Fernando Valley (CA) Branch Christopher Johnson, Director of Community Outreach, Better World Books, Alpharetta, Georgia Susan Nenstiel, Chair, Pennsylvania Legacy Circle Project, AAUW Allentown (PA) Branch Diane Patton, Chair, Mary Ann Ahrens/Iowa State Giving Circle, AAUW Calhoun County (IA) Branch Florine Swanson, Chair, Breaking through Barriers Major Gifts Committee, AAUW Clarion (IA) Branch
SESSION TWO | 10:30 – 11:45 A.M.
AAUW Website Tools Roundtable
Websites, blogging, Facebook, social media, and more. Discuss specific topics of interest to the managers of AAUW state and branch websites. Peggy Woods-Clark, Website Manager, AAUW
Breaking through Barriers: Making Connections on Campus
Strengthening AAUW's connections on college and university campuses is an essential component to furthering AAUW's mission and value promise. Not only do we need to enlighten students about the issues facing women today, we also need to let the faculty and administrators know that AAUW is ready to partner with them in this endeavor. This workshop will provide strategies for engaging campuses and students, including use of the latest college/university partner member benefits. Gloria Blackwell, Director of Fellowships and Grants, AAUW Catherine Hill, Director of Research, AAUW Claudia Richards, Field Relations Manager, AAUW Carol Virostek, Chair, College/University Relations Committee
Creating a Healthy Branch Culture and Branch Best Practices
Branches are the backbone of AAUW. Given the critical changes happening within AAUW, it is imperative that we find ways to strengthen, maintain, and grow our branches. This workshop focuses on ways that branches can create and target membership recruitment, coalition, and mission programming opportunities. It will also focus on branch planning, branch structure, internal and external branch communication, and branch behavior, and it will provide tools and tactics to create healthy and successful branches. Carlynne McDonnell, AAUW of California Board of Directors
Media Training: Building Visibility
Presenters will share strategies for states/branches to gain media visibility for the work they are doing at the community level. Participants will discuss press materials and events, op-eds, web postings, and blogs. Seth Chase, Field Director, AAUW Lisa Goodnight, Media Relations, AAUW
New Members: Fact or Fiction?
Is it true that there are individuals who would be interested in joining AAUW? Sometimes it may seem like fiction, but, in fact, there are many folks who, if they only knew about AAUW, would line up to join. How do we find them? How do we share our passion with them? How do we keep them interested? In this session we will provide you with new ways to attract and communicate with prospective and new members, and we will hear from branches who have concrete examples of success. Ann Gustafson, Chair, Membership Committee Christy Jones, Director of Membership, AAUW
Opportunities to Expand the Participation of Women and Girls in STEM
Participants will learn about AAUW's program, advocacy, and research efforts to close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) from AAUW members, project leaders, and national office staff members who are working everyday to ensure women and girls have equal access and are inspired to pursue STEM careers. Marie Wolbach, AAUW Palo Alto and San Carlos (CA) Branches; Creator of AAUW's Tech Trek Camps Nicole Callahan, AAUW Program Associate, National Girls Collaborative Project Kimberly Edgar, AAUW Kenne (NH) Branch; Northeast Regional Liaison, National Girls Collaborative Project Priscilla Mowinkle, AAUW Farmers/Carrollton (TX) Branch; Texas State Membership VP; Reach for the Stars Conference in Math and Science Patricia Shores, AAUW Ballwin-Chesterfield (MO) Branch; Community Action Grantee; Each One Teach One Program
Washington Update: From the White House to Capitol Hill
Get the inside scoop on the latest in Washington from AAUW's top policy adviser. You will gain insights into the recent pay equity legislation battles, budget packages, and administration strategies and learn how you can be an engaged and involved advocate. Lisa Maatz, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, AAUW
MPP/MSD Basics Technology Demonstration
This workshop is for state/branch leaders who have already signed up for or who want to learn more about the new Membership Pilot Program (MPP) and the Member Services Database (MSD) and how these convenient tools can simplify member management. Fong Cheng, Director of Information Technology, AAUW
