Champions

Roles and responsibilities

Champions are individuals who have been selected for their credibility in their field of expertise, organization, and/or community who are willing to advocate, promote, and contribute to the DIVA Foundation’s objectives, programs, and projects at a corporate, international, national, regional, and/or local level. Although champions are usually selected for their role, they sometimes self nominate.

Champions support the Foundation initiative and/or program by:

Developing and applying expertise in the subject and the issues related to the initiative they are working on;
Demonstrating a sincere interest in the cause, taking ownership, and showing a personal commitment to its success;
Demonstrating commitment by:
- being involved personally in the development, promotion, and/or implementation of a project/initiative;
- allocating staff time and resources, if applicable;
- integrating key messages into speeches/presentations; and
- proposing solutions to problems/issues and troubleshooting.
Seeking and using every opportunity to advocate and promote the vision, mission, and mandate of the DIVA Foundation through their role as champion;
Promoting and encouraging best practices and innovative ways of achieving tangible results; and
Providing advice and feedback on progress/issues/concerns to the Board Members of the DIVA Foundation.

Support

Board members of the DIVA Foundation provide on-going support, advice, and context to champions in order to assist them in fulfilling their role.

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