Bikeleague.org Blog » Club Leadership Training http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog Blog for bikeleague Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:40:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Webinar: How to Start and Sustain a Women’s Bike Club http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2013/01/webinar-how-to-start-and-sustain-a-womens-bike-club/ http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2013/01/webinar-how-to-start-and-sustain-a-womens-bike-club/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:31:13 +0000 Carolyn http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=12432 Getting more women on bikes often begins with a simple invitation to ride with a friend. Providing community and education, women’s bike clubs are a powerful way to create those connections and empower more women to take that first pedal stroke and discover the many benefits of riding.

So we’re excited to dive into this topic for our first Women Bike webinar!

Black Women Bike DC

Black Women Bike DC

On this free webinar, we’ll be joined by leaders from WE Bike NYC, Black Women Bike DC and Girl Bike Love. We’ll hear their experiences organizing on the ground and discuss tips and best practices on:

  • How to get started organizing a women’s bike club in your community
  • How to grow your club once it’s established and
  • How to sustain your club for the long-term

Join us next Wednesday, January 23, at 8 p.m. Eastern. Click here to register!

 

My Signature

Carolyn Szczepanski
Communications Director

Carolyn joined the League in March 2012, after two years at the Alliance for Biking & Walking. In addition to managing the League's blog, magazine and other communications, Carolyn organized the first National Women's Bicycling Summit and launched the League's newest program: Women Bike. Before she crossed over to advocacy, she was a professional journalist for nearly 10 years.


]]> http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2013/01/webinar-how-to-start-and-sustain-a-womens-bike-club/feed/ 3 Webinar: Engaging Women in Bike Clubs http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/webinar-engaging-women-in-bike-clubs/ http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/webinar-engaging-women-in-bike-clubs/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:30:30 +0000 Carolyn http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=9759 When Sandra Lupien first moved to Sonoma County, it seemed like nobody rode a bicycle. In the rural/suburban community, the number of transportation cyclists was far smaller than the dense urban centers of nearby Oakland and San Francisco. But Lupien quickly learned that biking is alive and well: In the evenings and on weekends, impressive crowds show up to participate in social and recreational rides.

Girls just wanna have fun, by Kristen Smith

As the outreach director for the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC), Lupien discovered something else: Women are particularly engaged in her community. Though underrepresented nationally (taking just 24 percent of bike trips in 2009), women make up an impressive 46 percent of the SCBC membership.

How do you get more women riding in your local bike club? If you’re a League member, attend our next club leadership webinar — Engaging Women in Your Club — on Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern to find out!

Our panelists on the webinar will include:

  • Sandra Lupien, Outreach Director for the SCBC, who will discuss women’s participation in bicycling in Sonoma County, including membership demographics from the area’s largest bike club and SCBC’s “Biker Chicks” women’s rides program.
  • Sara DeShong of the Austin Cycling Association, who will provide insight on the similarities and differences of the vast niches of women-only rides in Austin, as well as problem identification and solutions from the standpoint of local leaders in the cycling community.
  • Sarai Snyder, founder of Girl Bike Love, who will share very specific details of how to address the issue of getting more women out to ride in groups based on her personal experience running a bicycle shop and changing the demographic of the rides and customer base from about 10 percent women to closer to 30 percent.

Register here!

(Did you know the League is also co-hosting a National Women’s Bicycling Summit this September? Learn more here!)

 

My Signature

Carolyn Szczepanski
Communications Director

Carolyn joined the League in March 2012, after two years at the Alliance for Biking & Walking. In addition to managing the League's blog, magazine and other communications, Carolyn organized the first National Women's Bicycling Summit and launched the League's newest program: Women Bike. Before she crossed over to advocacy, she was a professional journalist for nearly 10 years.


]]> http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/07/webinar-engaging-women-in-bike-clubs/feed/ 10 Club Leaders meet in Milwaukee http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/04/club-leaders-meet-in-milwaukee/ http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/04/club-leaders-meet-in-milwaukee/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:42:34 +0000 Darren http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=1962 Bike club leaders met in Milwaukee, Wis. this past weekend to share best practices during the League’s Club Leadership Training. The Training proved to be an opportunity for new and veteran leaders to discuss what works best in their club, where they need to improve, and the things that can be done to grow. Topics of discussion included leader transitions, organizing rides and volunteers, membership, budgeting, club insurance, marketing, and ways to grow the advocacy component of clubs.

If you’re interested in attending a future Club Leadership Training, stay tuned to the Cue Sheet and American Bicyclist Magazine – the League hopes to offer two more this year.

The presentations from Milwaukee will be posted here early next week – so stay tuned!

My Signature

Darren Flusche
League Policy Director

Flusche joined the League in April 2009 and has a B.A. in history from Syracuse University and a Masters of Public Administration with a concentration in public policy analysis from New York University.


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Check out the Meeting Agenda here.

Topics include:
-    Club leader transitions
-    Reaching new members
-    Budgeting
-    Insurance
-    Managing membership
-    Organizing rides and volunteers
-    Marketing
-    Local advocacy issues

The seminar will be held in conjunction with the Wheel and Sprocket Bike Expo Sale - so come to Milawaukee to pick up some great bike gear AND get great tips on bike club management.

Register now – space is limited! Contact Lisa Reitz at lisa@bikeleague.org for more information.

Bill Nesper

Bill Nesper
League Vice President of Programs

Nesper directs the Bicycle Friendly America Program, which includes the Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly State, Bicycle Friendly University and Bicycle Friendly Business recognition programs. Bill first joined the League as a Membership Assistant in 2002 and moved in 2005 to manage the League education programs and Bicycle Friendly Community Program.


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