Library Guides: Greek Life : Leadership Positions

Typical Leadership Positions

The president of any fraternity/sorority has a wide range of responsibilities. Some of these include:

Leading chapter and executive meetings
- Reserve a space with 25Live
- Request a study room at a University Library
Signing contracts related to the chapter
- Find Campus Notaries
Serving as the chapter representative
Supporting the executive board in their duties
Dealing with member concerns

Lead Smart by Dermot Crowley
ISBN: 1394188625

Publication Date: 2023-09-22

Are you too busy to lead your team effectively? The simple truth is that leaders have never felt so distracted, so overwhelmed and so unable to find the time they need to make a real impact. In Lead Smart, productivity expert Dermot Crowley delivers proven strategies for cutting through the busyness and working and leading more effectively, maximising productivity for you and your team. You'll discover specific actions and solutions for shifting your focus from activity to impact -- so you can direct your energy to the opportunities and challenges that matter the most. With Lead Smart, you'll learn how to make productivity your central priority, so you can maximise your own time as well as that of your people. To be an effective leader, you need to protect your time to think, to plan, to make good decisions and to provide clear direction. You need to be responsive and available, so you can empower your team to act in line with your organisation's goals. And you need time to coach and mentor your people, leveraging their skills, capacity and productivity. Lead Smart shows you how to: Level up your time management and personal productivity, so you can minimise distractions and noise Streamline how you interact with your team and delegate more effectively Lead the team culture from the top down when it comes to aligning priorities, managing urgency and fostering accountability Boost your team's productivity by building conviction, effectively negotiating workloads and deadlines and protecting the team from outside distraction Inspire a wider cultural change around workload productivity in your organisation through your commitment to an elite productivity philosophy This moment in time, when we are defining a new way of working, is an opportunity for managers, leaders and executives to reflect on old mindsets, habits and behaviours. Lead Smart is the book you need to upgrade how you use your time, energy and focus to better thrive and inspire as a leader. This book is part of the Smart Productivity series, helping readers find practical solutions for better managing their time, energy and focus.

Common responsibilities of fraternity/sorority treasurers could include:

Creating and maintaining the chapter budget
Managing member dues, fees, and fines
Oversee budgets of other positions

Winning CFOs by David Parmenter
ISBN: 9781118025802

Publication Date: 2011-02-16

Better practices that today's CFOs can employ to bring value and efficiency to the teams that report to them Helping corporate accountants from the CFOs to the management accountant implement better practices that will make a difference to their finance team's performance, Winning CFOs shows corporate accountants how to create permanent improvements in their organization's processes. Provides better practice solutions the author has learned from more than 4,000 finance teams worldwide A to Z guidance on how to be an effective CFO Includes templates, checklists and implementation programs for process improvement Abundance of tools to ensure implementation of better practices Tips on how to develop winning leadership traits Winning CFOs shows corporate accountants how to radically transform their contribution to their organization, enhance their job satisfaction and profile, and leave a legacy of efficiency and effectiveness in every organization for which they work.

Common responsibilities of fraternity/sorority public relation officers could include:

Managing chapter social media
Advertising chapter events
Acting as a spokesperson of the chapter to the media

Common responsibilities of fraternity/sorority historians could include:

Managing chapter history
Preserving chapter photos and traditions
Arranging chapter composites

Conservation Techniques for Libraries and Archives by Nelly Balloffet; Jenny Hille (Illustrator); Judith A. Reed
ISBN: 9781584561187

Publication Date: 2003-12-01

Basic tips for the preservation of old photographs:

Store in a cool, dry, and dark location
Do not touch the surfaces of photographs to avoid stains and smudges
Group together photographs of same size and type within folders or envelopes in boxes
Use non-acidic materials while storing
Consider digitizing photos in your collection

Source: National Archives Prologue Magazine

Common responsibilities of fraternity/sorority secretaries could include:

Taking minutes at chapter and executive meetings
- York University Minute Taking Tips
Manage membership statuses
Taking care of many administrative tasks
Planning and executing meetings

Common responsibilities of fraternity/sorority academic chairs could include:

Keeping track of member academics
Making grade reports
Holding academic probation meetings
Making academic mentor groups

Campus Resources to promote academics:

Library Resources to promote academics:

Research and Writing Help
Reserve a Study Room
Course Guides
24/7 Online Chat with a Librarian
- Or use the Ask Us! pop out tab on the right side of the screen

INTERESTED IN REQUESTING A LIBRARY PRESENTATION FOR YOUR SORORITY OR FRATERNITY?

Request a library presentation by filling out this form: https://missouri.libwizard.com/f/greeklife

Information about request options:

A library tour - in person (60 minutes)
- Tour through Ellis Library (Cast Gallery, in the library resources, study spaces/study rooms, covering all 4 floors)
- Can add a visit to special collections if it fits in their schedule (adds 30 minutes)
Part library tour - Part instruction - in person(60 minutes)
- Shortened Ellis Library Tour (covering only 2 floors)
- Library Instruction - Library Website Overview
A library instruction - in person or online (60 minutes)
- Library Website Overview - Website, Maps and Floorplans, Check out study room, libguides
- Can add:
  - Public Library connection
  - How to research generally (Discover@MU)
  - Keenious (New AI tool for research)
Library Scavenger Hunt Event - in person (45 minutes)
- An individual or group event option that takes participants around the library interacting with online resources and in-person resources.