Handouts

Once you have registered your student organization, you will want to get started. Learning how to utilize your human and financial resources will be the key to your organization's success. Maintaining member involvement and ownership in your organization becomes very important. The Office of Student Activities & Leadership and the Student Organization Accounts Service can give you the knowledge and some of the resources necessary to begin developing your organization, whether it is a new organization or an established tradition on campus.

Select a topic from below to begin.

Getting Involved

Finding the Right Group for You

The Value of Involvement

Program Development

Planning a Conference

Program & Activity Resources

Program Planning

Preparing a Program Evaluation

Retreat & Conference Sites

Reserving The Diag

Scheduling a Facility

Service Projects

Leadership Skills

Active Listening

Delegating Responsibility

Getting Started as an Officer

Giving Effective Feedback

Time Management for Leaders

Publicity

Publicity Tips

Publicity Outlets

Organizational Development

Brainstorming

Breaking the Ice

Developing Your Group

Group Decision Making

Managing Conflict

Orienting New Members

Recruiting New Members

Restarting an Organization

Setting Goals for Your Org.

Understanding Group Process

Fundraising

Funding Sources for Student Programs

Student Affairs Programming Council Application

Finances, Budgets, Accounting

Budgeting for Your Org.

Reading Your Statement

Organizational Structure and Procedure

An Organization and Its Advisor

Constitution and Bylaws

Minutes and Record Keeping

Leadership Transition

Parliamentary Procedures

Preparing a Transition Notebook

Running Effective Meetings

Sample Officer Responsibilities

Starting a New Organization