Teams

Working in Teams

• BCL Teams Guide: Why Teams are important; how to recruit your team; the various roles people can take on (leader, outreacher, researcher, connector, and data manager), and an agenda for kickoff and recurring meetings; tips for team communications.
• Sample Messages to Your Team: recruiting your GO Team members; Kickoff Meeting email invite to existing and potential GO Team members.
• Samantha Bee video on Civil Rights Movement (5 minutes) "There are mundane tasks that need to get done". A humorous and heart-lifting reminder that the essential work is not always exciting, and can feel a bit bureaucratic. A good thing to start a kickoff meeting with.
• One-Page, Four-Step Guide to a Successful Meeting with a Local Business Leader. A great tool for people ready to dive in, and have a specific business in mind.
• Group Exercise: Planning & Doing a Meeting with a Business Leader: instructions for a 45 minute practice session you can do at your local or regional meeting.
• GO Team Meeting, Prospect List Review (10 minute video): recording of actual meeting, effective use of this tool, review status and plans for 15 prospects in <10 minutes.