![]() ![]() I asked them to share words of encouragement and some “yay” with y’all that can hopefully linger into the near year. So I reached out to some NCMPR members who claim positivity in their top five strengths. I’m a cheerleader (fewer poms, more flannels, but you get it), and I like to collect fellow cheerleaders. 11 (I know why, but that’s another topic), but it’s still a trait I value and ID as a strength. When I took this test years ago, Positivity was one of my top five strengths. One of the 36 strengths highlighted by the test is positivity. ![]() I’m a member of this year’s Leadership Institute cohort, which uses the CliftonStrengths assessment. This is all simply to say: You’re doing a spectacular job. And, oof, is it rough when our academic peers don’t recognize that. In the scheme of it all, our work makes people’s lives better. Frankly, it blows.īut we keep it up because what we do has consequence. We’re staying in the office til 6 and 7 p.m., and by the time we get home, we’re wiped out. There’s joy in and a need to commiserate with our peers, share our successes and remind ourselves that we’re doing a spectacular job. It makes me reflect on something District 1 Director Jodi Neal said at a board meeting earlier this year: Our members need, and deserve, cheerleading, and we should be providing a pat on the back. It would also be nice to have more support at the top instead of just getting blamed for things!” Consider this finding from a member who filled out the survey: “…There is an unrealistic amount of pressure placed on us and we’re not always included in the conversation so we’re a bit limited in how we can make a difference. Admin and faculty don’t always understand what marketing does or invite them to participate in the important stuff. When NCMPR conducted Data Dig 2022 – basically an eval on steroids – one of the biggest takeaways for me was how much our members feel misunderstood at their colleges. No one has a better pulse on what’s important to membership than actual members, and we pull much of our programming from those suggestions. And others love the part where we ask about what topics you want to see covered in the future. Some care about what didn’t – they want to know how we can do better next time. Some care about what worked – they want to know we’re giving members what they need. We get a lot of good information from those surveys, and each NCMPR staff member tends to pay special note to different aspects of those results. If you’ve attended any event we’ve hosted, you know this. After each NCMPR conference – national and district – and after each webinar, NCMPR sends attendees an evaluation survey.
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