I’m excited to hear what other committees and districts have done. I’ll keep it brief, because as Area Alternate Delegate, there already is a culture of attending GSR or DCM schools and workshops.
I have found a couple things helpful in attracting interest to an event and successful engagement during events. To attract interest in an event, excitement (buy in), personal invitations and food help!
If members are excited to come, I can use that energy to drive participation in the event itself. I’m a strong proponent of audience participation for both active engagement and to make sure that the event is achieving what participants expected it to be (that they are getting out of it, what they hoped).
The final focus when carrying any message through successful events is to have fun! My Service Sponsor recently reminded me that there might be interesting content I want attendees to hear about but if they stop listening before the interesting part, I’ve missed the mark. Keeping the event fun and knowing my audience has helped tremendously in successful events I’ve been a part of over the years.
As a monthly Alternate Delegate update, I facilitated one GSR school early in March, but after coming back from PRAASA, the rest of the month was busy with Pre-Conferences with Courtney. I am planning two DCM schools for late April and early May.
I am working with districts to schedule district visits (to facilitate abbreviated GSR workshops) or to coordinate full GSR schools. Historically, there are new GSRs joining throughout the rotation so I plan to have GSR schools at least once a quarter throughout this year.
If you or your group or district is interested in hosting a GSR or DCM workshop, inventory or other event, please reach out. My favorite part of Area service is getting out and being among the groups and members.
Lupita YM | Alt Delegate
