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Moderator & Leader Roles
As a Circle Moderator or Chapter Leader, you play an important role
bringing Circles and Lean In to your campus. You could say
you’re leaning in to Circles!
Not quite sure what to do next? No problem, we’ve created handy checklists for getting started, acing your day-to-day role, and extra-credit activities for you overachievers.
Circle Moderators
You manage your Circle and facilitate meetings—but you don’t need to do it alone. We’ve seen lots of approaches work, from a single moderator with a yearlong term to a rotation where everyone takes turns running a meeting.
- Invite friends and classmates to join your Circle. We recommend eight to twelve total members, but successful Circles come in all shapes and sizes.
- Host your first meeting. You can download our Kickoff Guide for everything you need.
- If there’s a Chapter on your campus, join it for access to events and networking opportunities. If there’s isn’t one, consider becoming a Leader and starting your own!
- Download our Marketing Kit for access to our brand-new Circle logo, images from the Lean In Collection on Getty Images, social graphics, and more.
Chapter Leaders
You run all Lean In efforts on your campus, including managing your Campus Chapter, supporting the launch and success of Circles, and acting as the main point of connection between LeanIn.Org and your campus. As a Leader, you’re joining other students across the world to shape the future of Lean In on Campus.
Some students tackle this opportunity alone, but we encourage you to team up with other Leaders on your campus.
- Connect with Leaders on other campuses. Join our Facebook group for Campus Leaders to get to know fellow leaders around the world and share ideas and best practices.
- If you haven’t already, invite more Circles on your campus to join your Chapter.
- Meet your Coaches, fellow Campus Leaders available to lend their expertise, share tips and tricks, and answer your questions.
- Download our Marketing Kit for access to our brand new Chapter logo, images from the Lean In Collection on Getty Images, social graphics, and more.