This book is written by experienced student leaders for the reader who wants to know how to run a student assembly, association, body, club, committee, council, government, or group.
The material covered is suitable for just about any student organization at colleges (two-year, four-year, and graduate schools), high schools, or other institutions of higher learning.
Throughout the book the reader is presented with advice, approaches, examples, experiences, explanations, ideas, methods, procedures, recommendations, tips, and templates, all of which apply to student organizations.
The targeted audience of this book includes the following:
• High School and College (two-year, four-year, and graduate) students
• Current and future Student Leaders
• Newly-elected and current Officers of Student Organizations
• Candidates for positions in Student Organizations
• Committee Chairs and Directors
• Consultants for Student Organizations
The topics covered in this book include how to do the following:
1. Start an organization and be a Student Leader
2. Conduct Meetings
3. Write/Amend the Constitution and Bylaws
4. Budget, Finance, and Purchase
5. Advertise, Promote, and Publicize
6. Organize Programs
7. Address Member Concerns
8. Communicate with Administrators
9. Elect and Train your successors
For more info, please visit the official website of the book and e-book at http://www.StudentOrgLeader.com
Biographies of the Authors
Cyrus Fakharzadeh has about ten years of experience as a student leader. With five years of experience as a president of high school and college student organizations, he has five years of experience as a vice president, senator, and committee chair. He has achieved numerous high school and college leadership awards for his service and contributions to a variety of student organizations. Holding a BS degree from the University of Washington at Seattle, he completed an MS degree from the New York Institute of Technology at Old Westbury where he accomplished a Master’s Thesis. Additionally, he achieved two MS degrees (one in Engineering Management) from the University of Southern California. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute, he attained a Project Management Certificate from the California Institute of Technology.
Mark Todd was raised in Ireland, earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Ulster and a Master’s degree from The Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California where he currently works as an administrator, he has worked as a teacher and university professor. He has four years of experience in graduate student government having held the positions of committee chair, vice president, and president. Notably, he has received honors for his student leadership and scholarship from many national organizations. Serving as a mentor to graduate student leaders at the university, he has been honored by the student government at his university for service to the organization.
