Table of Contents • Introduction: Slides 7 - 11 • DAC Support for Divisions: Slide 12 - 23 • Member Communities: Slides 24 - 25 • Division Sources of Funding: Slides 26 - 34 • Get Involved, Stay Involved: Slides 37 - 46
• Division Best Practices: Slides 71 - 77 • POD Shorts: Slides 78 - 87 • Recruitment and Retention: 88 - 93
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Ice breaker Questions 1. What is your leadership role in your Division in 2015? 1. RED – Chair or Chair-Elect 2. GREEN – Councilor 3. YELLOW – Secretary or Treasurer 4. BLUE – some other role 2. To which size class does your Division belong? 1. RED – Class I 2. GREEN – Class II 3. YELLOW – Class III 4. BLUE – don’t know American Chemical Society
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More Questions 3. When was your Division’s Strategic Plan updated? 1. RED – within the last 3 years 2. GREEN – between 3 and 5 years 3. YELLOW – more than 5 years 4. BLUE – don’t know 4. Has your Division received an IPG? 1. RED – YES 2. GREEN – NO 3. BLUE – don’t know
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Final Questions 5. Does your Division have an MPPG representative? 1. RED – YES 2. GREEN – NO 3. BLUE – don’t know 6. How many technical Divisions are there? 1. RED – 10 – 20 2. GREEN – 20 – 30 3. YELLOW – 30 – 40 4. BLUE – 40 – 50
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Welcome to the ACS Leadership Institute Division Track Julie Smist, Meetings Sub-committeeChair, Committee on Divisional Activities
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ACS Committees • Joint Board-Council Committees (12) • Society Committees (2) • Board Committees (13) • Council Committees (6) • Divisional Activities* • Economic and Professional Affairs
• Local Section Activities • Meetings and Expositions* • Membership Activities • Constitution and Bylaws
• What do they do? Much of the tactical governance work of the Society. American Chemical Society
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Divisions and ACS • 32 technical divisions • Autonomous 501(c)(3) organizations, each with its own set of bylaws • Division membership – approximately 37% of ACS members choose to belong to one or more divisions (59,162/158,401). From 2014 year-end data.
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Why do Divisions exist? • Provide division members and others with access to the information and the people they need to succeed professionally. – I want access to my discipline’s technical/professional information – I want to connect and communicate with like-minded chemists.
• Provide recognition through awards, grants/scholarships, fellowships, and other means.
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Divisions and DAC • Divisional Activities Committee (DAC) – Chair: Mike Morello, 2015 – Comprised of up to 25 Division and Local Section Councilors (lots of division representation, but we don’t have reps from every division) – Meets at each national meeting
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DAC Charter
Bylaw III, 3d(1)(c) Study and make recommendations concerning Society policy affecting interests of divisions Assist divisions in coordinating their efforts with Society and Local Section activities
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How DAC is Structured to Serve Divisions
• Divisional Activities Committee (DAC) – Subcommittees • Annual Reports
• Constitution and Bylaws • Divisional Enhancement • Meetings • (Division Status) • Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group (MPPG)
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Annual Reports Subcommittee • Chair: Robert Tilton • Reviews all Division and Secretariat annual reports • All DAC members are part of AR and review reports
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Annual Reports • Written by Division members to record what the Division has accomplished in the past year • Offer highlights of division activities
• Give ideas for other divisions to use • Provide data for DAC to present to Council Policy Committee
• Serve as historical documents
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Completed Annual Reports • Consists of Administration and Financial Form, as well as event summaries • Submit to DAC Support by February 15 – To be eligible for ChemLuminary Award – Must be received before a division can receive its annual allotment
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Divisional Enhancement Subcommittee • Co-chairs: Jeannette Van Emon and Silvia Ronco • Assists divisions with meeting their objectives – Provides financial support – Recognizes excellent division initiatives [through the ChemLuminary Division Awards] – Encourages collaboration among divisions, between divisions and local sections, and/or society committees, and/or external groups
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Divisional Enhancement Subcommittee • Provides financial support Innovative Projects Fund o 10% of annual division allotment o Proposals and guidelines available on web, due February 1st or July 1st
• Recognizes excellent divisional initiatives Outstanding Division ChemLuminary Award Must submit annual report, self-nominate by Feb. 15
• Encourages Collaboration Division/Local Section ChemLuminary award co-sponsored by DAC & Committee on Local Section Activities
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Constitution and Bylaws Subcommittee • Chair: Roger Egolf • Keeps DAC committee apprised of petitions • Recommends an official position for the full DAC committee to consider for distribution to the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws and the Council
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Meetings Subcommittee • Co-chairs: Julianne Smist and Rodney Bennett • Develops policy for division programming at national meetings
• Promotes multidisciplinary programming • Deals with meeting related topics • Serves as liaison between DAC and Meetings and Expositions Committee • ACS Presentations on Demand (formerly known as EDMC) American Chemical Society
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MPPG • Chair: Luke Achenie • Representatives from all divisions • Responsible for planning society thematic, multidisciplinary programming • Operating for now as DAC subcommittee • Will work with divisions on broader enhancements of national meeting programming
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DAC Activities • Initiated thematic programming concept starting with the 2006 fall national meeting
• Worked with M&E, ComSci to create the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group to oversee continuing thematic programming • Reviewed division allocation formula for Council: Dallas 2014 • Sponsors annual Leaders’ Track at ACS Leadership Institute for division chairs
• Provides support to divisions
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Divisional Officers Caucus (DOC) • Current chair: Rodney Bennett • Meets on Tuesday from 4-6 pm during each national meeting
• Gathers past and present Division officers • Unofficial forum for informal discussion of mutual concerns
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How to Interact with DAC? • Meets Sundays from 8-noon at each national meeting; guests welcome except for brief closed sessions, subcommittees meet various times Saturday prior to committee meeting • At annual ACS Leadership Institute • Website: www.acs.org/getinvolved • E-mail:
[email protected]
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ACS Office of Member Communities • Helps division leaders complete their volunteer duties • Provides logistical support to divisions with respect to division dues, officer lists, cosponsorships
• Maintains a website that supports division needs especially those of division officers and division volunteers • Administers division dues and allocation payments
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Member Communities • Supports divisions’ efforts in the area of social media • Supports Committee on Divisional Activities (DAC) • Along with Web Strategies and Operations (WSO), administers the ACS Network
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Sources of Funding • Division Allocations • Semi-Annual Division Dues • Semi-Annual Innovative Project Grants • Thematic Program • Division Initiatives
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Division Dues •
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Division Dues –
Division dues collected by ACS (Member & Subscriber Services) (except RUBB)
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Revenues distributed semi-annually to Divisions
Average Distributions January – June, 2013 – Class I: $4K
less than 2000 members
– Class II: $11K
2000-3499 members
– Class III: $31K 3500 members and larger Division Types –
Type I:
AGRO, BMGT, CARB, CATL, CELL, CHAL, CHAS, CINF, FLUO, GEOC, HIST, NUCL, PROF, RUBB, SCHB, TOXI
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Type II:
AGFD, BIOT, COLL, COMP, ENFL
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Type III:
ANYL, BIOL, CHED, ENVR, I&EC, INOR, MEDI, ORGN, PHYS, PMSE, POLY
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Division Allocation •
Average Allocations in 2013 – Class I: $14K – Class II: $40K – Class III: $75K Division Types –
Type I:
AGRO, BMGT, CARB, CATL, CELL, CHAL, CHAS, CINF, FLUO, GEOC, HIST, NUCL, PROF, RUBB, SCHB, TOXI
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Type II:
AGFD, BIOT, COLL, COMP, ENFL
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Type III:
ANYL, BIOL, CHED, ENVR, I&EC, INOR, MEDI, ORGN, PHYS, PMSE, POLY
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Division Allocation Formula Allotment Category
2014
2015
Base:
12.5%
15%
Per Member:
12.5%
12.5%
Innovative Projects:
10%
10%
Total Programming:
65%
62.5%
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Innovative Project Grants • Innovative Project Grants – Innovative Project Grants Pool: 10% total division allocation ($140,050 funding available in 2013) – Grant applications are reviewed at national meetings by the Divisional Enhancement Subcommittee of DAC
• New Orleans, LA Distribution: $47,500 – AGFD, ANYL, CHAL, ENFL, ENVR & AGRO, IE, ORGN
• Indianapolis, IN Distribution: $87,960 – AGFD, AGRO, ANYL, BMGT, CHAS, CINF, HIST, MEDI, ORGN, PROF, SCHB, TOXI. American Chemical Society
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Thematic Program • Thematic Program Participation at each National Meeting – $30K provided by DAC – Administered by ACS – Invited speaker registrations and travel • No honoraria • Documented expenses reimbursed • Division registration site, which permits divisions to invite some speakers at a special daily rate.
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Donations to ACS Divisions •
Ensure that donations are sent directly to the Division
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Designate the correct EIN or TIN number for your division. Do not use the ACS EIN. Contact the ACS Tax Office for your Division’s EIN
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Bequests should be directed to: –
Treasurer, (Name of) Division, c/o ACS National Office
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Bequest language found at www.acs.org/legacy
Divisions are responsible for sending all acknowledgements to donors
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Donations to ACS from Divisions •
Be sure to include letter with donation or write directly on check memo designation or purpose for gift such as ACS National Awards, ACS Scholars Program, Project SEED or Advancing Chemistry Teaching
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Send to: American Chemical Society Development Office 1155 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036
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ACS Development For additional information, please contact: Kathy Fleming Director of Development
[email protected] 202-872-6132 Mary Bet Dobson Assistant Director, Development
[email protected] 202-872-4094 Or visit: www.acs.org/donate www.acs.org/legacy
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Strategic planning • Pre-planning – Trend data (membership counts, financial data, etc.), Member needs assessment data, and other relevant information considered is given to the strategic planning participants in advance of the planning session. – Arrangements or assistance with the logistics (location, timing, identification of stakeholders, etc.) is provided by staff. • For more information: Contact Mark O’Brien (
[email protected])
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Break-out 1: What are your key challenges? What is your role? • Setting vision? • Ensuring task completion?
What are the unique benefits of being a member of your division? • How do you communicate those benefits? How does your division interact with/ engage members? • Within the division • ACS members not in your division • International chemists
Get Involved, Stay Involved (GISI) • This online resource is where you’ll find tips, tools and news to efficiently execute your volunteer duties.
• Online resource for veteran volunteers and new volunteers with essential links of volunteer procedures and resources specifically geared towards Divisions. • Links are organized according to topic areas: Logistics, National Meetings, Engaging Members, Event & Meeting Planning, Leadership Skills, Division Information. • The most time sensitive items and communications are listed to the right in the “What’s Important Now!” area. • www.acs.org/getinvolved
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved •
Resources for – – – –
Technical Divisions Local Sections Outreach Coordinators Quick Volunteer Opportunities – Silver Circle – ACS on Campus
• It’s your one-stop shop for resources technical division leaders need to be successful.
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
Resources are grouped into these six sections for Division Leaders •
Operations
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National Meetings
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Engaging Members
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Event & Meeting Planning
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Leadership Skills
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Division Information
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
Operations The tools you need to help you run your division. – Annual report resources – Financials (dues, taxes, etc.) – Election/Bylaw information
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
National Meetings – MAPS information – Program Chair resources
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
Engaging Members Tools for member communication, recruitment, and recognition. – ACS Network – Best Practices – eRosters – Grants & Awards
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
Event & Meeting Planning Resources for events outside of ACS National Meetings. – Local Section Events – Regional Meetings – Science Cafés
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
Leadership Skills All things related to the ACS Leadership Development System.
Note: Slides and other information from the 2015 ACS Leadership Institute will be posted in this section following the event.
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Get Involved, Stay Involved www.acs.org/getinvolved
Division Information Demographic info about divisions, ACS staff and DAC resources, as well as answers to the most frequently asked questions about divisions.
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Annual Reports—FORMS • FORMS (Forms Online Reporting Management System) is the web-based tool for division annual reporting. • Two parts: administration and financial. – Each form has mandatory fields. – Information helps DAC to evaluate the activity level as well as the
• Events are optional but they do drive the ChemLuminary nomination process • 2014 Reports are due February 15th, 2015. • www.acs.org/FORMS American Chemical Society
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Annual Reports—FORMS •
www.acs.org/FORMS
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Administration Form
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FORMS Features • Financial Form Excel Template – Financial form can be completed offline and uploaded into FORMS • Return Forms – Chairs can return a submitted Administration or Financial form to the Secretary or Treasurer • Copying Events
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ACS Fellows & National Awards ACS Leadership Institute January 23, 2015 Ms. Martha K. Lester, Staff Liaison ACS Board Committee on Grants & Awards
ACS Fellows Program Mission: To recognize and honor members who have made significant contributions that have a lasting impact in the chemical sciences and who also have provided exceptional volunteer service in the ACS community.
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ACS Fellows Program • One large group of ACS members are significantly under-represented in the pool of nominees:
– Industry
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2014 ACS Fellows Data Nominees Male Female Academia Industry Government
77% 23% 74% 12% 8%
Recipients ACS Membership* 67% 33% 62% 18% 10%
71% 29% 36% 54% 8%
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Your Help Is Needed Technical Divisions can be key players by: Increasing the number of outstanding individuals nominated for the Fellows Program, especially those from industry – Identifying individuals from your division who will be responsible for identifying good nominees – Encouraging your members to submit nominations (call for nominations opens Feb. 1, closes April 1) American Chemical Society
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National Awards Program Mission: • To promote and deliver a high-quality recognition program that highlights the contributions of members of the chemistry enterprise by actively engaging chemical practitioners worldwide.
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National Awards Program • 65 National Awards – 46 technical – 19 non-technical • More than 800 nominations received annually; 987 received for 2016 cycle • Call for nominations opens July 1, closes Nov. 1
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National Awards Program • Two large groups of ACS members are significantly under-represented in the pool of nominees, especially for the technical awards:
– Women – Industry
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ACS National Awards 2015 Nominee Demographic Data (65 awards)
Male Female Academia Industry Government
ACS Nominees Recipients* Membership** 83% 82% 71% 17% 18% 29% 91% 78% 36% 5% 17% 54% 3% 5% 8%
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2015 ACS National Awards (46 technical awards) ACS Division Nominees Recipients* Membership** Membership***
Female Industry
10% 4%
10% 4%
29% 54%
~29% ~35%
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Division Sponsors • I&EC: ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry • CHED: George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (Cengage Learning, co-sponsor) • COMP: ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research • ENVR: ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology (ACS Pubs, cosponsor) • NUCL: Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry • PHYS: E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy • PHYS: Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (GE Global Research, co-sponsor) American Chemical Society
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Benefits of Sponsorship • Highlighted several times in C&EN
• Featured on recipients’ certificate/award • Featured at the annual ACS Awards Banquet
• Recognized on the ACS awards website and in all printed materials about the Awards • Highlighted in press releases sent to award recipients’ local publications
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Current Cost of Division Sponsorship (annual) $5,000
Cash Award
$ 500
Certificate
$1,350
Admin fee
$2500
Travel
$9,350
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Current Cost for a Division to Endow an Award
$300,000
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Awards without Sponsors • ACS Award for Achievement for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry • James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry • ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry
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Your Help Is Needed Technical Divisions can be key players by: 1. Increasing the number of outstanding individuals nominated for ACS National Awards, especially women and individuals from industry – Identifying individuals from your division who will be responsible for identifying good nominees
– Encouraging your members to submit nominations
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Your Help Is Needed 2. Recommending technical experts for appointment to Canvassing and Selection Committees. 3. Providing the Awards Office with contact information of potential sponsors for unsupported awards in your field of expertise. 4. Sponsoring/endowing a national award.
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New: Division Primer • Written for Division Executive Committee/Awards Committee Chair
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Conclusion • More individuals from industry need to be nominated for the Fellows Program • More women and individuals from industry need to be nominated for National Awards • More outstanding women need to be nominated for technical awards • Your assistance is crucial to solving these problems.
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Division Best Practices
Situation Analysis Background Information • What was investigated • Top level result overview Proposed next steps: DAC & Divisions Request • Value of proposal • Critique on action plans • Support to share with ExComs
Best Practices Situation Analysis
Common Challenges
Similar Programs
Limited Collaboration
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Assumptions: Divisions are resource constrained Divisions have created innovative programs One program doesn’t work for all divisions Easier – faster to adapt than create programs Best Practice: Technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven to reliably lead to desired results
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Input from Divisions •
Common Challenges: – Funding to deliver meeting content, Member engagement, Volunteer recruitment and engagement, Communication with members
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Division Annual Report Best Practice Input: 9 categories, 32 divisions = 288 responses – Develop volunteers, Recruit volunteers, Provide meeting content, Member benefits, Benefits to members not attending National Meetings, Information to members, activities for younger chemists, Division Awards
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IPGs 2012 – 2014: 69 total Web Information/ service: 9
Member outreach/ recruiting: 16
Web collaboration: 2
Marketing: 2
Young chemist/ student support: 17
Diversity: 1
Regional Meeting support: 3
Division Enhancement: 3
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Examples of Divisional International Outreach AGFD ANYL CHAS CHAL
joint symposium in Thailand on April 3-4, 2014. working with the RSC on joint programming ideas.: FACSS meeting in the US. scientist from Iraq attended a National ACS meeting. Working with a pharma/biotech forum in China. European attorneys present on EU law at the ACS national meetings.
HIST
translation and publication of research document on "false elements”
ORGN
Travel grants to exchange graduate students to and from Europe to attend conferences overseas.
POLY PMSE PMSE
See answer to previous question. 2 joint symposia: one in China in 2012 and the other in the US in 2013. sponsored a session with the Chinese Chemical Society -- Polymer Division in 2012
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ACS INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS
18.8%
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Next steps: Best Practice Sharing
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DAC – Shares Best Practices overview with division ExComs – Creates electronic sharing site for Best Practices – Makes POD short technology available for division promotions – Shares data on division membership by local section – Host bi-monthly conference call for division leaders – Engages MAC to assist with recruitment/ engagement
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Divisions – Collect Best Practices on a separate “FORM” – IPG report becomes a poster – Division creates and a “who we are” Poster – Division displays IPG and information posters at SciMix, etc.
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Discussion • Would developing tools to help share Best Practices be valued by your division? • Would your division participate in sharing – adapting Best Practices? • Feedback – comments on next steps/ action plans: • Would you add steps • Would you eliminate steps • What would you like done first
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POD Shorts John C. Katz
Director, Member Communities Staff Liaison, Committee on Divisional Activities
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Big Idea ACS is in a global competition to obtain and disseminate high-quality scientific information. To further that goal, we want to make it as easy as possible for people to contribute – and consume – content that will help them advance.
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Presentations on Demand
Since the 2009 Salt Lake City meeting, ACS has been capturing and posting selected, full-length presentations delivered at national meetings. Content includes audio-synced slides and audio.
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Cost/Benefit of POD Benefit: Selected speakers at national meetings receive greater exposure for their work.
Benefit: More ACS members can access content delivered at national meetings, whether or not they attended the meeting.
Cost: Expensive to capture due to labor and equipment costs in hotels and convention centers. American Chemical Society
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Challenge: How to Capture/Share Content at a Lower Cost
POD Shorts Concept: Participating presenters use 3-5 minutes of video time to share – with or without slides - what they think their fellow scientists most need to know about their presentation.
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POD Shorts Advantages • Potential appeal to a wider range of NM presenters • Shorter pieces of content may be more inviting to consume for time-challenged audiences • Presenters may record and review their presentation, doing several “takes” in our ‘studio’ • Presenter can talk, present in a regular format with slides, a combination of both, or even conduct a question and answer with a colleague. • ACS staff can capture and disseminate POD Shorts at a fraction of the cost of full-length POD
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POD Shorts in Denver Run an experiment to find out: 1. Are speakers interested in participating in this concept? 2. Are audiences interested in consuming this content?
3. Can staff readily schedule, capture, and post 40-50 POD Shorts?
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Process for Denver January 27: Message sent to division chairs alerting them to POD Shorts process February 4: To save divisions time/effort, staff will contact all Denver oral presenters inviting them to participate (first-come/first serve) March 4: Deadline for presenter response
March 11: Staff confirm day/time appointments to the 4050 POD Short participants
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Post-Denver • POD Shorts to be posted with POD content approx. 4 weeks after meeting • Assess Denver POD Shorts experiment with DAC in Boston • If results support, possibly capture 90-100 POD Shorts in Boston
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Summary • POD Shorts is an effort to expand opportunities for people to contribute and consume content. • Leverages the value of information delivered at national meetings. • Provides greater exposure for presenters. • Provides for economical capture and distribution of content. Big Question: Will presenters and audience respond favorably? American Chemical Society
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Recruiting, Retaining, Engaging ACS Division Members
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• Does your division have a strategy?
• How does your division let others know who you are? • How does your division communicate to – Members? – ACS members not in your division?
– Students? – International chemists?
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Free Division Membership Data 24,113 new members joined ACS in 2013. Of that number, 9,184 joined a division at no cost.
During 2014, 33% of those who joined a division at no cost in 2013 paid to extend their division membership, or purchase another division membership.
Put another way: •
38% of those eligible for a free division membership in 2013 availed themselves of the offer.
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Of those who tried a division for free in 2013, 33% saw sufficient value to renew with that division, or pay for a different division membership.
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What divisions are doing • Webinar Program to Enhance the AGRO Membership Experience • PHYS Undergraduate and Young Faculty Mentoring at ACS National Meetings • Inaugural ACS-PMSE/Chinese Chemical Society-Polymer Division (CCS-PD) Joint Symposium on Polymers, Chengdu, China. • Involve existing POLY/PMSE student chapters in assisting students and faculty at other colleges and universities in establishing new chapters. • Attract leading scientists, regulators, and pest control practitioners to interactive discussion sessions on how best to increase the development and use of biopesticides
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What divisions are doing •
Encourages student members to develop their science communication and teamwork skills in a creative environment while concurrently learning about chemistry through the lens of Cajun cuisine.
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Teach chemistry students how to translate the scientific discoveries into commercial products or services.
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Develop and implement an online laboratory safety training course and certification program designed to document proficiency to potential employers in industry and academia.
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Bring archaeologists, conservators, and other scientists together who use chemical methods of analysis.
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Offer the first multi-day medicinal chemistry course in India, serving as the basis for additional scientific exchanges in the future.
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rain Division members in an interactive, entrepreneurial workshop, to translate their research into innovation and job creation.
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Resources: What Will You Tap, and When? •
Committee on Divisional Activities (DAC)
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ACS Staff, particularly Member Communities
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Get Involved Stay Involved (GISI Website)
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Funding Sources (Annual Allocation/Twice Yearly Dues/IPG/MPPG
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Leadership Advisory Board Strategic Planning Retreats
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Development Office Staff (if you expect donations to your division)
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Recruiting/Retaining Members
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Division Best Practices (if you don’t want to reinvent the wheel)
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Becoming More Active Internationally
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Leveraging Content Delivered at National Meetings
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Break-out 3 American Chemical Society
Division Leaders Track Sunday, January 25th
Leadership Courses • What did you learn? • What will you apply? • What else would you like?
Final discussion: What is your job? How does your divisional operating structure fit with what you have learned? Are you responsible for decisions (CEO)? Are you responsible for execution (COO)?
What do you need to do? What can you delegate?
When do you need to do it? Who can you turn to for help: In your division? At ACS?
