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My Tip of the Week: Make Just One Change
My Tip of the Week: Give Thanks to School Volunteers
It's the week for giving extra thanks, and it gives me great pleasure to thank a group of people who get way too much agita and way too little thanks -- you guys!
The Voting has Begun - Cast Your Vote!
Now it's up to you! Which fun phase would you like to see on the 2012 PTO Today Expo giveaway t-shirt? Two random voters will each receive 5 free t-shirts with the winning slogan. Be sure to tell your fellow school volunteers to vote too!
My Tip of the Week: How Many Fundraisers Should Your Group Run This Year?
We get this question a lot, and my answer is, probably fewer than you typically run.
My Tip of the Week: Help a Struggling Volunteer
It happens in every group. One of your key volunteers, probably a great person, just isn't very organized. How do you make sure her responsibilities get done without creating all kinds of drama and bad blood? It's tricky, but it's possible.
My Tip of the Week: The 3 Keys to a Successful Fundraiser
Is your group making its fall fundraising plans right now? Perhaps considering early signing bonuses or cookie dough vs. gift wrap vs. a catalog sale?
My Tip of the Week: Put Thank-Yous at the Top of Your To Dos
While many groups thrive at organized volunteer appreciation and teacher appreciation, they often fall short on the more basic and more important everyday thank-yous that can make a huge difference in long-term engagement.
My Tip of the Week: The Key Traits of Successful PTO Leaders
One of my favorite leadership maxims is also a powerful tip for growing your PTO or PTA.
My Tip of the Week: Maximize Your School's Hunger Fighting Efforts
If your parent group or school (or even the student council or National Honor Society at your school) does any sort of hunger-fighting work, you're going to love the fall 2011 offerings from Schools Fight Hunger.
My Tip of the Week: Create Your Own Parent Leader Network
Get out and smell the coffee. That's my tip for this week. I wrote a column for PTO Today magazine with this title a couple of years ago, and it remains one of my favorite simple but underused ideas.
My Tip of the Week: Share Great Ideas with Volunteers
A bit of a self-serving tip this week, but I still think it's a pretty good one. Do you get ideas, helpful tools or even a bit of inspiration from PTO Today and ptotoday.com? I hope so.
My Tip of the Week: Help Make Your School Green
With Earth Day coming up this Friday (April 22), the focus is on environmental awareness. There are lots of things your PTO or PTA can do to help students think more about the environment and to make your school more green. Here are some of my favorite ideas.
2012 Parent Group of the Year Search
It’s not too early to start thinking about PTO Today’s 2012 Parent Group of the Year search.
Principal Gets Bieber Fever
Nolensville (Tenn.) Elementary principal Ryan Harris told students he’d wear the school’s cardinal mascot costume if they raised $14,000 in the PTO fun run.
My Tip of the Week: Protect Your Funds With a Quick Audit
While you're winding down this year and planning for next, here's a key addition for your to do list: Audit your books.
5 Additions To Spice Up Your Newsletter
Give your weekly or monthly communications home a boost with some fun new items.
The ABCs of PTOs
You’re familiar with PTAs, PTOs, HSAs, and PTSAs, but some parent groups go for far more unique acronyms when deciding on a name.
These 6th Graders Make a Difference
Talk about an amazing rate of return! The Merrill Middle School PTA in Des Moines, Iowa, gave 210 6th graders $1 each, and in just 32 days, the students had used the seed money to raise an additional $8,151.
Can't Make It To a Meeting? Replay It Online!
Parents who can’t make it to PTA meetings at three Staten Island, N.Y., schools will soon be able to catch the proceedings online. Thanks to a funding allocation from the area’s city council representative, the meetings will be broadcast live and recorded for replay online. Parents won’t be able to participate in the meetings online, but they will be able to watch or replay them later.
My Tip of the Week: Streamline Your Meetings
I'm not one who thinks PTO or PTA meetings are super-important (really, your meeting attendance doesn't matter that much), but they're definitely on nearly all parent group calendars and they're almost always too long.

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