Leadership Qualities in Our Community

• Collaboration: Working together to achieve a common goal.

• Compassion: Feeling care and warmth for people and actively choosing to help; actively learning about different people, cultures, and perspectives.

• Courage: Strength that enables you to face difficulty and challenges without fear; bravery.

• Creativity: The use of imagination or original ideas to create meaningful change.

• Flexibility: Willingness to change or compromise; adjusting your thinking and behavior.

• Wisdom: Knowledge of what is true or right, and the insight to determine the best action to take.

The TechComm SIG will focus on building these leadership qualities in our Community:

• Working together collaboratively to achieve a common goal.

• Focusing on compassion, feeling care, and warmth for people and actively choosing to help; actively learning about different people, cultures, and perspectives.

• Strengthening courage that enables you to face difficulty and challenges without fear; bravery.

• The use of creative imagination or the development of original ideas to create meaningful change.

• Willingness and flexibility to change or compromise; adjusting your thinking and behavior.

• Developing knowledge of what is true or right, and the wisdom and insight to determine the best action to take.

Leadership Skills in Our Community

• Delegation: Trusting your teammates. Knowing your limits and putting your time where it counts most.

• Inspirational ability: Encouraging people to pursue a common goal; bringing out the best in them.

• Listening skills: Paying attention to what others are actually saying to understand.

• Long-term planning: Doing the right things pave the way for continued success for the team.

• Prioritization: Ability to prioritize team objectives and allocate resources accordingly.

• Problem-solving: Leading positive brainstorming sessions that define the problem once and focus on solutions.

• Team-building: The ability to engage new volunteers and make them feel like a part of the team.

• Time Management: Ensuring tasks are completed when they need to be.

The TechComm SIG will focus on building these leadership skills in our community by:

• Learning to delegate by trusting your teammates, knowing your limits, and putting your time where it counts most.

• Inspiring ability by encouraging people to pursue a common goal, and bringing out the best in them.

• Building listening skills by paying attention to what others are actually saying to understand.

• Learning to long-term plan by doing the right things pave the way for continued success for the team.

• Developing the ability to prioritize team objectives and allocate resources accordingly.

• Leading positive brainstorming sessions for problem-solving that define the problem once and focus on solutions.

• Engaging in team-building to engage new volunteers and make them feel like a part of the team.

• Practicing time management by ensuring tasks are completed when they need to be.

SIG Roles

SIG Manager

• Support operations of the SIG

• Attend board meetings & update the board on SIG events/support needs

• Plan hosts for program/networking each month

• • Rotation for hosting programs/networking

Program Planner

• Plan programs

• Add to ATD master spreadsheet

• Create calendar event

• Create event description & emails

Marketing

• Create promo graphics

• Post on LinkedIn

• Post on Discord(s)

Communications

• Write articles

• Post articles

• Help with event emails & communications as needed

Mentoring Coordinator(s)

• Pair mentors and mentees

• Support the mentor/mentee pairs

Student Liaison

• Helps plan joint events and cross-promote between students (UCF FTC, USF, etc.) and our Tech Comm SIG

• Supports the growth and recruitment of other programs, such as the tech comm mentoring program