This document provides an orientation for new members of the Urban League of Louisiana Young Professionals - Greater New Orleans. It introduces the structure and leadership of the National Urban League, Urban League of Louisiana, and the local New Orleans chapter. It outlines member benefits, expectations, and opportunities to get involved through various committees and programs. It guides new members through identifying their strengths and weaknesses and setting SMART goals for professional development and contributions to the organization. The orientation concludes with announcements of upcoming events.

1. Urban League of Louisiana Young Professionals -
Greater New Orleans
New Member Orientation

2. Welcome

3. Access New Member Orientation
Resources
http://bit.ly/NOLAYP_Orientation
Password: nolayp

4. Introductions
•Name
•What you do for a living
•Where you’re from
•How you found out about YP

5. What Will You Learn Today
Structure
•National Urban League
•Urban League of Louisiana
•National Urban League Young
Professionals
•Urban League of Louisiana
Young Professionals – Greater
New Orleans
Getting Involved
•Chapter Goals
•Member Information
•Committee Information
•Technology Training
•Identify Your Strengths
•S.M.A.R.T. Goals

6. Vision
The Urban League of Louisiana Young Professionals – Greater New Orleans
Chapter (originally the Urban League of Greater New Orleans Young
Professionals) is the organization of choice for young professionals. Through its
distinctive capacity and commitment, NOLAYP provides activities that are
characterized by excellence in community service, fundraising, and dedication to
the, development of its diverse members to empower communities and change
lives through consistent involvement in the Urban League Movement and its five-
point approach to empowerment which includes: (1) Education and Youth
Empowerment; (2) Economic Empowerment; (3) Health and Quality of Life
Empowerment; (4) Civic Engagement and Leadership Empowerment; and (5) Civil
Rights and Racial Justice Empowerment.

7. Mission
The Urban League of Louisiana Young Professionals – Greater
New Orleans Chapter is an Urban League of Louisiana volunteer
auxiliary of young professionals committed to promoting and
supporting the mission and goals of the Urban League Movement
in Greater New Orleans – through volunteerism, fundraising and
membership development.

8. Core Values
•Cultivation of
Membership
•Diverse Individuality
•Caretakers of Our
Communities
•Efficiency
•Knowledge
Transparency
•Change
•Cultural Preservation

10. NUL President & CEO Marc Morial
• Former Mayor of New Orleans
appointed as NUL’s 8th president
since May 15th, 2003
• Developed 5-point empowerment
agenda to close equality gaps
between African Americans and
other emerging ethnic groups
• Increased NUL profile both locally
and nationally

11. Urban League of Louisiana Leadership
Erika McConduit
President & CEO
Cathy Washington
Executive Vice President

12. Urban League of Louisiana Programs
Education & Youth
Development
•ULLA Head Start
•ULLA Parent Information
Center
•ULLA Project Ready
•Urban Leaders for Equity and
Diversity (ULEAD)
Workforce & Economic
Development
•Women’s Business Resource
Center
•Office of Workforce
Development

13. Urban League of Louisiana Programs
Policy & Social Justice
•Urban League’s Economic
Inclusion
•Disaster Preparedness

15. National Urban League Young
Professionals Leadership

16. National Urban League Young
Professionals
NULYP is a National Urban League volunteer auxiliary that targets young
professionals ages 21-40 to empower their communities and change lives
through the National Urban League movement.
•National Initiatives
• National Day of Service
• National Day of Empowerment
• National Urban League Conference – YP Summit
• YP Bounce Back
• YPFit

17. NOLAYP Leadership - Officers
Deborah A. Anderson
President
Anthony Sardenga
Vice President
(vacant)
Treasurer
(vacant)
Communications Secretary
(vacant)
Parliamentarian

18. NOLAYP Leadership - Committee Chairs
Andrea Auguster
Membership Chair
Candes Carter
Community Outreach Chair
(vacant)
Professional Development Chair
(vacant)
Fund Development Chair
Noël Blevins
Social & Cultural Chair
Tiffany Williams
Public Relations Chair

19. Chapter Goals
• Become the leading young professional organization in the
Greater New Orleans area
• Keep members first
• State of the Chapter Goals
• 300 paid members
• Crescent City Commitment – 300 ways people give back
• 800 volunteer hours dedicated to ULLA and their tenets
• 10 new awards introduced

20. Organization
Focus
Members
NOLAYP
ULLA

21. Member Benefits - Local
• Giving back to the community
• Enhance your network
• Professional development
• Leadership opportunities
• Access to YLC Toastmasters
Club
• Reduced event registration
fees
• Members-only newsletter
• LinkedIn recommendations
for great work on projects
• Member Business Directory
for YP business owners
• Bronze level and above
member businesses
highlighted on blog

22. Member Benefits - National
• National network of young
professionals
• Connections to job prospects
in other cities
• Access to the Emerging
Leaders Program
• National Urban League
Discount Program (PerkSpot)
• Discounted registration fees
for conferences:
• Legislative Policy Conference
• National Urban League
Conference
• Whitney M. Young Leadership
Conference (leaders)
• Serve as a national officer or
on a national committee

23. Expectations As New Members
•Observe
•Ask questions
•Practice great communication
•Practice great work ethic
•Build relationships

24. Expectations As Active Members
Participate:
• Attend general body meetings,
community service and social
events
Contribute:
• Be an active committee member
Provide:
• Give your talents and resources
Support:
• Back up your leadership
Fundraise:
• Financially give to support our
affiliate and programs
Share:
• Follow us on social media, invite
friends, reach out to guests

25. Get In Where You Fit In

26. Chapter Programs
The Well-Rounded
Professional
•Join the Movement
•Be the Movement
•Lead the Movement
•Sustain the Movement
•Spread the Movement
Movement 360
•Opt-in program
•Part of the Join the Movement
Level
•Serve on one committee for 3
consecutive months or serve
on 3 committees
(consecutively) for 1 month a
piece

27. Membership
• YP Join Week
• New Member Orientation &
Brunch
• Movement 360
• Member of the Month
Contact Andrea Auguster
nolaypjoin@gmail.com

28. Community Outreach & Advocacy
• MLK Day of Service
• NULYP Day of Service
• YP Bounce Back
• National Day of Empowerment
Contact Candes Carter
nolaypvolunteer@gmail.com

29. Professional Development
• Well-Rounded Professional
• Member Business Directory
• Next Level Networking
• YP Speakers Bureau
• The Village Chat
Contact Deborah Anderson
nolayppresident@gmail.com

30. Fund Development
• GiveNOLA
• Urban League Gala
• Sponsorships
Contact Anthony Sardenga
nolaypvp@gmail.com

31. Public Relations
• Crescent City Commitment
• NOLAYP Blog
• YouTube
• Website
Contact Tiffany Williams
nolayppt@gmail.com

32. Social & Cultural
• YP Takeover Weekend
• Family Game Night
Contact Noël Blevins
nolaypsocial@gmail.com

33. Technology Training
•Website
•Member Area
•Slack

34. 5 Minute Break

36. Know Your Why

37. Identifying Strengths
And how to apply them to the organization

38. Identifying your Strengths
• What am I good at?
• What was the most successful task or job
I ever tackled, and what made me
successful?
• What was the most important role I ever
fulfilled and why?
• When faced with an overwhelming
obstacle, what’s my “go to” skill to
overcome it?
• What are the strengths that others
acknowledge in me?
• What strengths and skills came up over
and over again?
• Which skills do I enjoy using often as
possible, regardless of the task?
• What skills have I mastered, but would
rather not use every day?
• Which strengths and skills are going to be
most helpful for the progression of my
career?
• What skills are missing? What skills would
like to build, but have not yet had the
opportunity?

39. Write your top five strengths
TOP FIVE STRENGTHS
1
2
3
4
5

40. Identify Your Weaknesses
• What are the weaknesses that I am aware of?
• When working on a project, what roles do I avoid that may be
important to my goals?
• When faced with an overwhelming obstacle, what’s most likely
to cause me to give up
• What projects and tasks seem to drain my energy?
• What was the least successful project I have ever tackled and
what tripped me up?

41. Write your top five weaknesses
TOP FIVE WEAKNESSES
1
2
3
4
5

42. Action Plan
Create a good game plan to maximize your strengths and
develop needed weaknesses. Your plan should be built on both
your strengths and weaknesses. Create a plan that has three or
preferably less so that you remain focused and actually achieve
success.
•What skills are missing? What skills would I like to build but have
not yet had the opportunity to practice?
•What weaknesses would I need to turn to strengths?

43. S.M.A.R.T. Goals
• Personal/professional development goals
• What do you want to learn or improve while a member of YP that you
can apply in your career?
• Goals for what you want to give to the organization
• What mark do you want to leave on the organization?
• 3 month; 6 month; 1 year goal

44. Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Initial Goal (Write the goal you have in mind)

45. Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals
1. SPECIFIC (What do you want to accomplish? Who needs to be included?
When do you want to do this? Why is this a goal?)
2. MEASURABLE (How can you measure progress and know if you’ve
successfully met your goal?)
3. ACHIEVABLE (Do you have the skills required to achieve the goal? If not,
can you obtain them? What is the motivation for this goal? Is the amount of
effort required on par with what the goal will achieve?)
4. RELEVANT (Why am I setting this goal now? Is it aligned with overall
objectives?)
5. TIME-BOUND (What’s the deadline and is it realistic?)

46. Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals
S.M.A.R.T. Goal (Review what you have written, and craft a new
goal statement based on what the answers to the questions
above have revealed)

47. Member To-Dos
•Member Business Directory
•YP Speakers Bureau
•Movement 360
•Blog Writers
•PerkSpot

48. Question & Answer

49. Upcoming Events
General Body Meetings
•October – NOLAYP Elections
•November – NOLAYP Awards
•December – No general body
meeting; we support ULLA’s
Annual Meeting in lieu of a
GBM
Other Events
•September 25 – YP Voter
Registration Party
•September 29 – YP Day of
Service/After Party
•October 3 – NOLAYP
Swimming Lessons
•October 8 – NOLAYP Self-
Care Workshop

50. T-Shirts
$20

51. Thank you for joining the
movement!
Let’s do brunch!!