[Podcast] Looking at Ourselves in an Honest, Open Way

Bill Greer came up through the ranks of SMART Recovery. He started as a participant in 2012, then became a facilitator, then Regional Coordinator, and joined the Board of Directors in 2017. He is currently the President of the Board. As SMART releases its 2021-2022 Strategic Plan to the community, he knows the importance of implementing goals that will shape SMART’s future.   

In this podcast, Bill talks about:

• The 2021-2022 Strategic Plan
• Coming up through the ranks of SMART
• The lived experience of SMART
• What the Strategic Plan means
• How the Strategic Plan achieves the SMART mission
• How the Strategic Plan is aimed towards supporting our volunteers
• A decade of incredible growth and why the Strategic Plan is necessary for continued growth
• Addressing uncomfortable and challenging questions
• Why it’s critical to shift to a fund development culture
• Making SMART a household name
• His meaning of Life Beyond Addiction
• What the Strategic Plan means to you and how to take action

Additional resources:

• Becoming a SMART Recovery Volunteer
• InsideOut: A SMART Recovery Correctional Program®
• SMART Recovery Training Program

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• The SMART Recovery YouTube channel

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