FWD Leadership Academy Presidents Document Pack
v2.0 1/25/15

Below is a list of documents culled from the Barbershop Harmony Society web site, many of which have been used in past COTS or Leadership Academy forums. All of it is worth reading, but it would be impossible to deliver all of this content in a one day Leadership Academy.

For that reason, I structured my 2012-2015 FWD Leadership Academy President's class as primarily an interactive forum. The highest value in getting a bunch of Presidents in a room together comes from the ability to talk with each other rather than from the delivery of static content from a slide deck which could simply be read later.

You'll notice that the presentation that I actually use in that forum (file #2 below) is only 17 slides, and content on those slides is sparse. The slides, and what I say about them during the forum, is only a starting point for the discussion which ensues during each slide. That presentation essentially fills up the three hour morning session, while the afternoon session started with the 2014 Society Aims presentation, followed by an open ended round table the rest of the afternoon where the Presidents could bring up any particular challenges (or successes) they were facing for discussion.

I'm going to try and find time to put together two voiceovers for my slides and publish it to YouTube. One will be delivery of the things I normally say for each slide when I'm delivering the presentation, and the other will be more of a train the trainer version which goes into why I chose those topics to discuss and what I hope to achieve by discussing them in the forum.

Allan Webb
2015 FWD President

1. 20thCenturyUSGenerations.pdf - An in depth report on the generational demographics of the 20th Century.

2. 2015_FWD_Leadership_Academy_Presidents.pdf - Slides used by Allan Webb at the 2015 FWD Presidents Forum

3. 2014 BHS SBOD Aims.pdf - The 2014 Aims for the BHS as adopted by the Society Board of Directors

4. BHS Branding Slogan.pdf - One page poster of "Together, Making The Music That's Making A Difference", the slogan adopted by BHS CEO Marty Monson.

5. BoardRoles-ResponsibilitiesBHS.pdf - Slides concerning the characteristics of effective Chapter Boards.

6. CHAPTER PRES-SEC-TREAS GUIDE - AT A GLANCE.pdf - A month by month set of responsibilities which need to be executed by the Chapter President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

7. CONSOLIDATED PPT - Instructor.pdf - Leadership presentation for Presidents by Dennis Cook

8. Developing Leadership.pdf - Short one page document on leadership characteristics.

9. Final CVP Report 3-2013.pdf - Results and analysis of the 2011 Chapter Visitation Program surveys, which became the basis for one of the 2014 Society Aims.

10. FWD_Analysis_by_Division.pdf - Spreadsheet of FWD Chapters with membership and scoring data as of Dec 2014. Data tracked is current members, current number on the risers (if known; uses last contest count), percent on the risers, last contest score (if competed in the last 4 years), last contest participation (if competed in the last 4 years), members as of one year ago, year over year member gain/loss, year over year member percentage gain/loss.

11. GenerationalDifferences45Minpresentation.pdf - Slides with content relating to how different generations view participatory organizations, and how to tune your message to apply across generational divides.

12. Session 8 - Basic Resources Available to Chapter Presidents.pdf - One page document with potential resources available to Chapter Presidents.

13. Society Operations Manual  2-24-12.pdf - Page 17 contains the definition of the Chapter President position, responsibilities, etc.

14. SuccessionPlanning-Mentoringwithnotes.pdf - Slides on succession planning and mentoring future leaders.

15. WorkingwithVolunteerswithnotes.pdf - Slides on motivating volunteers.