Best practices competition
Best practices are activities created and completed by a chapter to further specific goals identified by the board of directors of Beta Alpha Psi and by Deloitte LLP. These activities exemplify the spirit and purpose of Beta Alpha Psi and, if applicable, allow other chapters to emulate those activities. The goals outlined by the BAP board of directors for 2015 follow:
2017 Best Practices Topics
The Best is Yet to Be
Strategic Planning
How Our Chapter Developed Its Objectives for the 2016-2017 Academic Year: An important part of leadership comes from developing a vision for how the chapter seeks to build on its past and prepare for its future. Using 2015-2016 as the base year, how were current year [2016-2017] objectives developed? Moreover, what current-year actions [‘inputs’] contributed to accomplishing these objectives. Further, what results [‘outputs’] are expected to provide feedback [or have provided feedback] regarding the impact on your chapter. Measurability of results [‘outputs’] enhances your assessment of what did or did not work. Examples of measurability could include changes in chapter membership demographics over time, changes in membership size over time, interactions among competitor student groups in addition to countless others.
Community Outreach
Building a Multi-Cultural Coalition Among Financial Information Professionals-In-Training at Our School. There are numerous ‘groups’ or constituencies among financial information students at your school. Share what your chapter did to strengthen its outreach into various underrepresented student constituencies in your environment. Identify those underrepresented constituencies in your environment. Do not limit your thinking to the most obvious constituencies. This outreach to underrepresented constituencies could extend to high school students who will become the next generation of collegiate financial information students
Leadership Development
Leadership Extends Beyond the Academic Disciplines Pursued by Our Members and the Student Organizations to Which Members Belong. How has your chapter provided service in 2016-2017 to your off-campus and/or university communities? What impact has been achieved to date? How has your chapter’s membership served in leadership roles within these off-campus and/or university communities? What portion of your chapter was involved in this service?
For more information on prizes, eligibility, or the overall process, visit the National BAP site.
2017 Best Practices Topics
The Best is Yet to Be
Strategic Planning
How Our Chapter Developed Its Objectives for the 2016-2017 Academic Year: An important part of leadership comes from developing a vision for how the chapter seeks to build on its past and prepare for its future. Using 2015-2016 as the base year, how were current year [2016-2017] objectives developed? Moreover, what current-year actions [‘inputs’] contributed to accomplishing these objectives. Further, what results [‘outputs’] are expected to provide feedback [or have provided feedback] regarding the impact on your chapter. Measurability of results [‘outputs’] enhances your assessment of what did or did not work. Examples of measurability could include changes in chapter membership demographics over time, changes in membership size over time, interactions among competitor student groups in addition to countless others.
Community Outreach
Building a Multi-Cultural Coalition Among Financial Information Professionals-In-Training at Our School. There are numerous ‘groups’ or constituencies among financial information students at your school. Share what your chapter did to strengthen its outreach into various underrepresented student constituencies in your environment. Identify those underrepresented constituencies in your environment. Do not limit your thinking to the most obvious constituencies. This outreach to underrepresented constituencies could extend to high school students who will become the next generation of collegiate financial information students
Leadership Development
Leadership Extends Beyond the Academic Disciplines Pursued by Our Members and the Student Organizations to Which Members Belong. How has your chapter provided service in 2016-2017 to your off-campus and/or university communities? What impact has been achieved to date? How has your chapter’s membership served in leadership roles within these off-campus and/or university communities? What portion of your chapter was involved in this service?
For more information on prizes, eligibility, or the overall process, visit the National BAP site.
