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Sponsored by: ACS Akron Local Section and the University of Akron - Chemistry Department
Saturday, February 27, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
        Location: The University of Akron, Student Union Building, Room 335.
        (Parking is available in various lots on campus.)
        Facilitator: Les McQuire
        Registration Fees: ACS Member       --- $40
                                    Non ACSMember --- $190
        Lunch will be provided. Registration is limited to 26 participants.

 For more information contact - Jim Duddey - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

This is a great opportunity to get leadership training at a reasonable cost.  A real plus in a competitive world!  Build practical skills to engage others and gain cooperation without formal authority.

If you are not an ACS member, it is cheaper to join the ACS than to pay the non-member rate.  ACS membership dues are $23 for undergraduates, $72.50 for graduate students, and $145 for regular members.

Program Description:

Facilitated Course - 4 hours

As an experienced leader in a volunteer organization like ACS, you know that one of the biggest challenges in leading a project, committee, and local section is that you have no direct authority over the other volunteer members. As a volunteer leader you may have experienced:

- The challenge of having to influence people who have different styles or views.
- Needing to get a task force organized and committed to a project but find they aren't cooperating and they're putting up barriers.
- Kicking off a new project, knowing what needs to be done but unable to get the buy in and support to carry it out.
- The challenge of getting new volunteers to participate in the local section or division activities because they are too busy with other professional and personal obligations.
- Leaders in many roles in the Society find themselves without formal or "positional" authority and therefore need to be able to engage members to get things done. This 4-hour workshop provides practical tools to help you gain cooperation without formal authority and motivate your committee, local section, or division members to accomplish important Society goals.

After completing this program, a member or potential member will be able to describe:

- When the use of "influencing skills" is needed, when they're not, and when they will and won't be effective.
- How to understand and use the two dimensions of influence: the "business" side and the "relationship" side.
- Frameworks to understand what really counts for the people you want to engage, and strategies you can use to help them get what they want.
- An approach to establishing and building a relationship of trust with someone whose help you need to get things done in your organization.

This workshop is designed for leaders in the Society who are currently in or moving into significant leadership roles in the Society. Particularly, those leaders who are involved in projects where the only means to accomplish them is through the involvement of other members. We encourage those who are leading projects such as change initiatives, projects requiring working with other groups, or strategies that extend throughout the organization to attend this program.

Registration Instructions:

Step 1: Log into the ACS Center for Professional Development (www.acs.org/professionaldevelopment). If you do not have an account, you will need to create one.  Be sure to enter your ACS member number when creating your account to ensure that you receive the ACS member course rate.

Step 2: Click on the "Events/Meetings"  tab on the left-hand side of your screen.