Improving Your Predental Club

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1 Improving Your Predental Club Joy Nisnisan, Predental, University of Houston, 2017 Craig McKenzie, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, 2021 Andrew Horbaly, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Dentistry, 2021

2 Topics Establish your predental chapter or club Officer Expectations and Descriptions Leadership Training Club Finances Recruiting & Retention Crafting a Mission Making ASDA part of your club

3 Establishing your ASDA PDC or Club Understand your university rules, regulations, requirements Establish your constitution and bylaws ASDA and university resources Find an advisor A professor or individual at the university who is dedicated to supporting your organization Seek potential officers

4 Leadership Positions President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Community Involvement Chair Public Relations/ Recruitment Chair

5 Officer Expectations Attend every membership and officer meeting, socials, fundraising events, etc. Every officer should partake in planning and running of events Community service Social Dental education Etc. All officers must work as a team and develop effective communication Officer groupme One account for organization Professionalism

6 Leadership Transition & Training Officer shadowing Officer interviews Officer send off Officer retreats Summer Winter

7 Club Finances Establish Type of club Non-profit, etc Compute overhead Create a financial action plan Identify local fees Reward members for finding sponsors or helping to fundraise

8 Member Recruitment and Retention **Don t underestimate the power of word of mouth**

9 Member Recruitment and Retention Point System Outstanding Predental Member of the Month Predental Rundown of the Week Bottom Line- Create Quality Content

10 Creating a Mission Collaborate Brainstorm goals Craft a simple mission Revisit and revise

11 Mission statement: We aim to make our members competitive, well rounded dental school applicants by providing education, service, and networking opportunities.

12 Education DAT Workshops Mock Interviews Admissions Presentations Committee Letter Workshop Military HPSP Speaker Attending Predental Days Hands-on Workshop Financial Planning Workshop Personal Statement Workshop Resume Workshop Webinars

13 Service Elementary Education Nursing Home Dances Relay for Life The Big Event Free Clinics Supply Drives 5k Miles for Smiles Card Making for the Troops

14 Networking Club Dinners Friendsgiving Back to School BBQ Secret Santa Pumpkin Painting Hikes Specialist Speakers Mini-golf Laser Tag General Dentist Speakers ASDA District Meetings ASDA National Meetings

15 ASDA and Virginia Tech

16 Integrating ASDA 1) Club Resources Toolkit Webinars Social Media Challenges

17 Integrating ASDA 2) Becoming a Predental Chapter 10 ASDA Members All members must be members of national ASDA Application and selection

18 Integrating ASDA 3) Use ASDA as your Predental Club ASDA s Season Pass District and National Meetings ASDA Predoctoral Chapters Social Media DAT Week and Predental Month

19 Questions? Joy Nisnisan University of Houston 17 Predental Chair, Predental Planning Committee, NLC 2017 Craig McKenzie Pennsylvania 21 Virginia Tech 17 Predental Consultant Andrew Horbaly Virginia Commonwealth University 21 Ohio State University 17