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July: Mental Health Month - Time to plan your chapter’s month of taking care of your chapter members!
August: AI Changemakers Month + Chapter Collab - Make amazing collabs with your fellow Chapters and other local AI organizations, communities and key ecosystem players.
Sept: All-Star Pitch Battle Month - A global pitch competition showcasing the best tech startups from every chapter. Founders compete in a dynamic format that celebrates the spirit of finding each chapter’s top startup.

<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> Please watch our last Director’s Call and check out our deck to learn more about our recent initiatives and get to know our HQ team. You can also sign up for the next call on August 7th, 2025. Big thanks to Karlie, Legend G and James for joining our last call and sharing some great content! 👏🏽

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✅ Global Directors Summit Recap

Feedback Survey - We’d really appreciate your input by filling out his quick survey (3 minutes). Whether you loved it or have suggestions for us - we want to hear it, even if you didn’t attend!
📸 Recap & Photos! - We did our best to overdeliver for you at GDS. Here’s a quick recap deck where you’ll find event highlights, photos, and maybe even a few activities you missed. If you didn’t attend, definitely check it out - guaranteed to give you some FOMO.

👀 New Onboarding Process

Some of you have new team members who may not be officially in our system yet. To ensure everyone is properly onboarded, please have them go through our updated process.

For active chapters, it's streamlined - no multiple interviews or challenges required for your Co-Directors or team members.

Here’s the new onboarding flow:

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Hundreds of Directors and Co-Directors gather on these community groups to trade tips, answer questions, meet virtually, and share ideas. These groups are moderated by our HQ Community team, and have valuable content + updates for you.