creating a legacy
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Creating a Legacy:Starting a Sustainable Student Organization
KEVIN VALLIERE, MIZZOU LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 2011
Fill a Need / Find a Passion
• Create a VISION• Ask yourself the following questions:• What do I care about? On what do I want to
focus?• If I could have it my way, what would the
future look like?
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
Network, Network, Network
• Get the following information:• Name• Email• Hometown• Interests• Involvement
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that
ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Network, Network, Network
• Peer contacts and professional contacts are both important!
• Find similar organizations and ask what they did to succeed
• Collaborate with peers• Find your counter-point• Take everything with a grain of salt
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that
ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Choose Wisely, Act Slowly
• Take your time• Get an advisor• Expect the unexpected• Remember: you’re competing with 600+
orgs for students’ attention
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus
Think Globally
• SMART Goals vs. S-t-r-e-t-c-h Goals• Champion a cause• Have a healthy disregard for the impossible• Be a billboard for your organization
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” – Jimbo
Wales, founder of Wikipedia
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• You can’t fix everything• Membership drop-off• Ownership• WIIFM
• You’re the face of the organization• Haters gonna hate
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” – Ambrose
Redmoon
Transitional Success
• Transition is a constant process• Be genuine• Be supportive• Delegate• Communicate
• Don’t check out when you’re done• Leave a plan! Put in writing!
“There’s a period in life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves, and it becomes either good or sour inside.” – Pearl
Bailey
Questions?
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” – Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” – Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe