Constituent League Annual Report NLN Constituent League Leadership

Constituent League Annual Report NLN Constituent League Leadership Committee Webinar Series Presenters Name(s) 1

Presenter Elizabeth Reyna Director, Membership and Recognition Programs National League for Nursing ereyna@nln. org (202) 909 -2502

3 Annual Report: Overview Reports are due to NLN at the end of January each year Shows the state of the League Determines status of League each year

4 Purpose Ensure Leagues are meeting the Affiliation Guidelines & Standards Evaluate each League’s Strategic Plan Assess the financial health of each League

Affiliation Guidelines & Standards Guidelines: • Promote the products and services of the NLN • Promote faculty development and quality nursing education at the state/local level • Serve as a monitor for public policy issues at the constituent level • Identify, recruit, engage, and develop members for constituent and national leadership • Develop alliances at the constituent level to advance quality nursing education • Serve as a channel of communication among the NLN and the league’s members Standards: • Adopt national uniform bylaws • Implement Affiliation Standards • Implement a COI policy • Adopt financial policies • Conduct a year-end audit • Meet state and national tax filing requirements • Adopt lobbying guidelines • Adopt NLN communication standards • Submit annual report 5

6 Requirements Submit an Annual Report with the following supportin g document s: • membership list • prior year proposed & actual budget, coming year proposed budget • strategic plan from past year with progress noted • current year strategic plan • list of elected officers and board of directors with terms

Annual Report Template Sections 7 • Major • Next Year Events Accomplishment • Next Year Strategic • State/Regional Public Plan Policy • Budget • Last Year Events • Leadership Roster • Last Year Strategic • Membership Roster Plan of template: Purpose • Ensures all Leagues provide the same information • Most explicitly states the required information

How the template fits in 8 Affiliation Guidelines: 1. Promote the products and services of the NLN • Major accomplishment, public policy, events, strategic plan 2. Promote faculty development and quality nursing education at the state/local level • Major accomplishment, public policy, events, strategic plan 3. Serve as a monitor for public policy issues at the constituent level • Public policy, events, strategic plan, major accomplishment 4. Identify, recruit, engage, and develop members for constituent and national leadership • Strategic plan, major accomplishment, leadership roster, membership roster, budget 5. Develop alliances at the constituent level to advance quality nursing education • Major accomplishment, public policy, events, budget 6. Serve as a channel of communication among the NLN and the league’s members

9 2018 Template Changes • Public Policy – last question split to 2 questions for clarity • Events – now ask to include related goal • Strategic Plan – broken out by goal with questions • Membership – sponsorship included

Constituent League Leadership Committee Webinar Series Schedule 10 Finance: Accounting, Budgeting, & Tax Reporting Membership Basics: Recruitment, Retention, & Engagement • February 2019 • May 2019

11 Q&A

12 Thank you!