Professional CHAPTER MANAGEMENT

This webpage is your home for finding content to help you manage your university chapter. You can also find links to important content that you or your members might find valuable. Please feel free to share those links with your members as you see fit. If you have any questions about how to manage your chapter, please contact us at iisechapters@iise.org. Good luck!

Professional Chapter Operations Support

Professional Chapter Deadlines, Reporting, and Awards

Information about University Regional Conferences

Monthly Chapter Management Memos (The Chapter Link and Chapter Leader News)

IISE Headquarter Contact Information – Who is your RVP?

Chapter Operations

Membership

• Accessing your member roster
  How to download and interpret your chapter roster
• Membership recruitment
  Tools to help you solicit new members
• "Welcome new member" letter
• "Welcome new transfer-in" letter
• "Grow membership" Toolkit
• Submit groups of members

Planning

• Strategic plan guidelines and templates
  Templates to start your operations plan
• Tip Sheet on Holding Virtual Meetings

Officers

• Succession planning
  Keep your chapter going by planning for future leaders
• Officer descriptions
  Responsibilities of chapter officers
• Chapter officer slate form
  Submit your list of officers to IISE Headquarters
• Volunteer Leadership Training

Contact IISE Headquartersif you are interested in participating in Volunteer Leadership Training (VoLT) at the annual conference!

• Certificate of Appreciation for outgoing chapter officers

Funding and Financial Information

• Chapter visit program
  Get funding for IISE Board of Trustees members to attend your meeting
• Chapter development fund: guidelines | application
  Apply for funds to support professional chapter initiatives
• Tax filing guidelines and forms

Start or Reactivate a Chapter

• Start a chapter
  Organize a new professional chapter
• Reactivate a chapter
  Steps to reactivate an inactive student chapter

Miscellaneous

• Chapter Needs Survey
  Find out what members expect from your chapter
• Program evaluation form
  Find out how satisfied your attendees are
• Promotion materials center
  Request or download materials to distribute at your next chapter event
• Chapter Letterhead template
• IISE Logo Guidelines

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Deadlines, Chapter Reporting, and Awards

• Professional chapter deadlines
  Deadlines for the coming year
• New Professional Chapter Progress and Performance (CPP) Report
  Use this form to report your annual progress and performance. It will REALLY help you understand what IISE believes is most important to measure.
  
• Chapter awards and recognition
  Descriptions and guidelines for recognition of outstanding chapters
• Professional chapter requirements/health report
  Requirements, health status descriptions, and check disbursement
• Access to the old Chapter Activity Report (CAR) form
  You can still download the old CAR form to see a comprehensive list of activities you might consider for your chapter. This is completely optional and should not be submitted for annual reporting.
  

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University Regional Conferences

• Regional conference schedule
  Find out where your region's conference will be held this year

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Monthly Chapter Management Memos

The Chapter Link

This communiqué comes to your inbox once a month with important information from headquarters plus tools and best practices to help officers operate your chapter and increase chapter membership. You will also see suggestions on how chapter members can best take advantage of the exceptional benefits at their disposal as an IISE member.

In case you missed The Chapter Link, see below:

• January 2020: The Buck Stops Here - Responsibility and Accountability
• February 2020: Does volunteer experience on your resume help you get hired?
• March 2020: Pre-conference workshop on Leadership
• April 2020: Are you a confident leader or an arrogant leader?
• May 2020: Are you an effective problem-solver?
• June 2020: Think big
• July 2020: How do you react to input and feedback?
• August 2020: Do you lead with passion?
• September 2020: Are you a leader who inspires?
• October 2020: Are you a leader who delegates?
• November 2020: Leadership and Loyalty
• December 2020: Are you a politically savvy leader?

Chapter Leader News

• December 2020
• October 2020
• August 2020
• June 2020
• April 2020
• February 2020
• December 2019
• October 2019
• August 2019
• June 2019
• April 2019
• February 2019

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Important Contact Information

Find out who to contact within your region or at headquarters!

• Current North American Operations Board
  Senior Vice President North American Operations
  Assistant Vice President North American Operations
  Vice President for Student Development
  Regional Vice Presidents and Region Leadership Teams (U.S., Canada and Mexico)
• Current International Operations Board
  Senior Vice President International Operations
  Region Vice Presidents
• IISE Headquarters
  Membership Administrator Pam Patterson

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