Chapter Leader E-Newsletter October 2024

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Presidents (incl. –Elect, Vice-, and Past-)

2025 Presidents: Reserve your CLC hotel room

• ASAP, but no later than Monday, January 6, 2025
• Click here to do so

Reminder: Nominate an Outstanding leader from your Chapter

• The Outstanding Chapter Leader Award is presented to one member of each Chapter for exemplary service and commitment
• This individual is nominated by their entire chapter board - only one nominee per Chapter, please
• Provide a short narrative, no less than 180 words, and no more than 250 words
• Provide a full-color headshot
• For more information and how to nominate, refer to page 3 of the CLC 2025 Nomination Guide
• Nominations are due Thursday, October 31, 2024

Tip: 10 Lessons Chess Can Teach Us About Leadership

• Avoid the center of the board
• Focus on the long-term
• Look for patterns
• Keep it simple
• Don’t get complacent
• Don’t be afraid to fail
• Don’t be intimidated by other players
• Don’t get stuck in your head
• Be prepared for anything
• Chess is a game of patience
• Read more in the Playbook/Section IV (b)

Treasurers/CFOs/Bookkeepers

Tip:  What are examples of how chapters can use their reserves?

• CAMFT has a newly revised Reserve policy, which may be useful to review
• If your chapter is holding reserves in an investment account, you should also have an investment policy
• Click here to view CAMFT's Investment Policy

Reminder: Budget for your Board’s CLC 2025 travel, accommodation, and parking

• Yes! Budgeting for your board members to attend is a legitimate expense
• CAMFT provides:
  • Free registration to all board members and committee chairs
  • Friday reception and Saturday breakfast, lunch, and breaks for all attendees
  • A hotel room for the chapter President on Friday evening
• The chapter is responsible for:
  • Additional hotel room nights for the President (other than Friday evening)
  • Hotel rooms for any other board members and committee chairs attending
  • Flight & ground transportation for the President, board members, and committee chairs attending
  • Parking: It is $39/day (discounted)
  • Uber/Taxi fees: The event is at the Hilton, San Jose, approximately 15 minutes from the San Jose airport
• More information is available on the CLC website here

CEPA/Education/Events

Tip: Networking works best when it’s small and specific - Here are a few suggestions:

• Interactive table exercises during education sessions
• Meetups for affinity groups or birds of a feather
• Solution room sessions
• Ideation sessions or hackathons
• Community service projects—choose an activity attendees can do together in groups, talking while they work

Notification: 2025 CAMFT presentations available to Chapters

• State of the Profession (SOP) – In-Person
  • Chapters are eligible to receive one in-person presentation in 2025
  • Since the presentation is only a 1 CE/90-minute presentation, Chapters are encouraged to combine it with their Annual Meeting, a Lunch meeting, a “Meet the Board” reception, a Pre-Licensed event, etc.
  • Dates are available on a first-come, first-served basis
  • Scheduling will open in November 2024

• State of the Profession (SOP) – Webinar
  • CAMFT will be hosting the SOP webinar(s) in 2025
  • Chapters are encouraged to promote the webinar(s) to their members
  • These webinars are NOT included in the revenue share program, BUT
  • CAMFT will be sharing non-chapter attendee emails with Chapters, for inclusion in their member recruitment outreach
  • More information to follow

• Road to Licensure (RTL) – Webinar
  • CAMFT will be hosting the RTL webinar(s) in 2025
  • Chapters are encouraged to promote the webinar(s) to their members
  • These webinars are NOT included in the revenue share program, BUT
  • CAMFT will be sharing non-chapter attendee emails with Chapters for inclusion in their member recruitment outreach
  • More information to follow

• Law & Ethics – Webinar
  • The L&E revenue share program was a huge success, so we will continue with it in 2025
  • To date, the Chapters participating in the program received a total of $x
  • If you are not familiar with the program yet, click here or contact mchampion@camft.org for more information
  • Sign-ups for the 2025 program will be available soon!

• Law & Ethics – In-Person
  • Chapters, who did NOT receive an in-person L&E in 2024 will be eligible to sign up
  • Dates are available on a first-come, first-served basis
  • The presentations will be available between April and December 2025
  • Limited spots are available
  • Scheduling will open in November 2024 (no advance requests will be accepted)

Membership and Marketing

Tip: Mentorship Programs Engage and Retain Chapter Members

• Mentorship is a two-way street
• How to get Creative with Mentorships
• Read more in the Playbook/Section V(a)

Tip: Sense of Belonging Essential to Sustained Membership

• Members prefer personalization in their interactions with their organizations
• Members ranked interacting with people with shared interests as one of the top signifiers of value for the organizations they are affiliated with
• Read more in the Playbook/Section VI (a)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Tip: How to Lead Across Generations

• How do you get older and younger leaders to meet eye to eye?
• Managing conflict means knowing pressure points—and anticipating disagreement
• Read more in the Playbook/Section VIII

Tip: Five Tips for Developing Goals Along the DEI Journey

• Understand the Why
• Gather the Right People
• Get Comfortable with Discomfort
• Review the Data
• Communicate Transparently
• Read More in the Playbook/Section VIII

Pre-Licensed/3000 Club

Tip: Share with your members how to find a CAMFT Certified Supervisor

• Click  here to view the current listing of CAMFT Certified Supervisors

Last chance! Sign up your Chapter for the CAMFT Road to Licensure webinar

• Sign your Chapter up here
• CAMFT will provide a “How to Guide” to chapters upon sign-up
• The webinar is scheduled for Friday, October 18, 2024, at 9:00 am – Noon
• ·3 L&E CEs are available
• Those who need CEs are:
  • Associate MFT: Master’s program complete, has Associate #, Gaining Hours
  • Licensing Exams PASSED (Law and Ethics Exam must be taken within the first year of Associate, Clinical Exam is taken after BBS approves all Associate hours)
  • Licensed MFT
• Those who can count CEs toward licensure if the supervisor approves the training:
  • MFT Trainee in Practicum: Second-year graduate program)
  • Associate MFT: Master’s program complete, has Associate #, Gaining Hours
  • Licensing Exams PASSED (Law and Ethics Exam must be taken within first-year of Associate, Clinical Exam is taken after BBS approves all Associate hours)

Technology/Website/Social Media

Tip: How to Overcome Your Digital Accessibility Hurdles

     Here are initial steps that could help you get started:

• Define who is responsible for, and define how they contribute to digital accessibility
• Set up guidance on how and where accessibility requirements are documented—for example, who should be documenting the requirements related to Name / Role / Value, and where should the developer be looking for that information
• Ensure your design systems and reusable components are accessible
• Enable your teams with awareness labs and education—in the session slides; there are many examples of free materials you could share that will drive awareness
• Use quality reviews and agile retrospectives to learn why accessibility defects happened and solve them to the root cause so that you don’t make those same mistakes in the future
• Educate, equip, enable—the best way to enable your teams to support digital accessibility is to educate them and equip them with the tools and processes they need to ensure they are building things accessibly
  • Read more in the Playbook/Section VII (e)

Security Tip: What Can You Do to Stay Safe from Phishing Scams?

• Follow the tips below to stay safe:
  • If you receive an email claiming you have an account issue, always go to the organization’s website directly to log in.
  • Never click a link in an email you weren’t expecting, even if the email includes logos or links that look official. Always think before you click. 
  • Verify that urgent messages are legitimate before taking action. Contact the person or organization directly by using another line of communication.

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