Consulting Benefits
Whether making evaluations remotely or in person, The SG Consulting Group tailors our services to the particular needs of the client-institution.
With that said, here are some of the benefits we could offer you:
- Lead your summer, fall, or mid-year retreat
- Teach your members parliamentary procedure
- Train your new SG officers and members
- Improve voter turnout
- Enhance your SG’s image
- Boost turnout at your events
- Implement Web and e-mail elections
- Find out how to maximize your budget
- Learn how to leave a true legacy
- Recruit new members—and retain them
- Learn about your SG’s strengths and weaknesses
- Develop “signature programs” that will matter to your fellow students
- Determine how SG friendly your administrators are
- Plan long-term for bigger-issue projects that will benefit your students
- Develop realistic goals that can be accomplished during your term of office
- Learn how to cope with filling the “void” after your term is over
- Get the average student to care about SG
- Improve relations with your administrators
- Attract publicity for your important projects
- Run ethical and effective campus elections
- Get students involved at commuter campuses
- Gain real power and influence on your campus
- Get a vote on your institution’s board of trustees
- How to establish credibility for your Student Government
- Attract a strong, competent, and committed advisor
- Develop traditions and awards to spur greater student loyalty
- Get the most from conferences and conventions you attend
- Deal with conflict in your organization that’s tearing you apart
- Learn why your SG shouldn’t start an “alternative” campus paper
- Deal with stifling rules and administrators at private institutions
- Offer compensation to attract committed and competent leaders
- Develop a transition plan—new officers “shadowing” outgoing ones
- Survey your students so you really know what they want from their SG
- Build coalitions with different and often-opposing groups and clubs
- Get along better with the campus press, and get them to cover you
- Learn how to avoid pitfalls that cause problems & embarrassment
- Organize your office & organization to allow you to seamlessly move between administrations
The SG Consulting Group would be honored to serve you and your Student Government.
