There are two ways in which you can sign up for leadership training with the National Society of Leadership and Success; by invitation or by nomination form.

1.       If you have received an invitation in the mail, please go to http://www.societyleadership.org/invitation. Enter your personalized invitation code off your letter to access the application page where you can sign up to become a pending member.

2.       If you did not receive an invitation in the mail, you can still become a member of the Society by completing our nomination form and presenting it to your chapter advisor. The nomination form can be found at http://www.societyleadership.org/memberinfo/application.php and requires two faculty signatures. Once you have these signatures, return the form to your advisor and he/she will give you a nomination code to sign up for membership on the Society website.

In some cases, you are able to sign up after the deadline has passed. Please contact the National Office to find out if your chapter is still accepting membership applications after the deadline. In addition, if you are signing up late, please contact your chapter advisor to let them know and to find when your Orientation meeting will be.

The cost to register and go through the training to become a member of the Society is a one-time fee of $75. Once you complete the steps for membership, you are a member for life. There are no annual national dues for you to pay. For information on how your membership dues are used, please see our Membership Dues Handout.

The National Society of Leadership and Success offers a full refund within 45 days from initial payment of Membership Dues. This 45 day policy is designed to give students sufficient time to access the Society's website and review membership benefits.

Directions for Requesting a Refund:

All requests for refunds must be e-mailed directly to info@societyleadership.org. Requests for refunds must reference 'Request for Refund' in the subject line of e-mail and must include:

1.       Student Name and Society Membership ID

2.       School Name

3.       Reason(s) for requesting refund.

4.       Name and last 4 digits on the credit card used to process payment. (Otherwise, indicate if your payment was made with a check or money order).

Credit Card Payments:

Credit card payments will be refunded in full to the credit card originally charged. No cash refunds for credit card payments.

Check Payments:

Refund checks will be mailed directly to the pending member's home address if the initial payment was submitted as a check. Please make sure your home address is accurate in your online member profile.

Payment is due at the time you sign up to be a member; we are unable to process applications without payment.

If you want to pay your membership fee using a check or money order you can submit a paper application for membership to the National Office.  To submit a paper application, please visit the Society website at www.societyleadership.org/invitation and enter your invitation code.  Once you have accessed the online application, scroll down to the section labeled “Payment Information”. 

Below this you will find a link to the Paper Application, which you can print out and mail with a check or money order.

Keep in mind that while you can fill out a paper application, you do need regular access to the internet in order to successfully complete the leadership training program and become inducted as a Society member.

The steps that you need to complete to be officially inducted into the Society of Leadership are:

1.       Orientation

2.       Leadership Training Day

3.       Three speaker broadcast events

4.       Three Success Networking Team meetings

Orientation is the first meeting that occurs each semester and will give you access to all the information you need about the program in order to successfully complete the steps for induction as a member.

At the Speaker Events you will watch some of the world's most successful motivational speakers discussing topics related to leadership, identifying goals, facing challenges, personal growth, and successfully transitioning from college to career.

The Success Networking Team meetings bring together groups of students that work together and provide peer coaching on achieving goals. You can discuss goals, desires and expectations, set timelines and hold each other accountable for achieving what you want. The Success Networking Team provides members with a support network of like-minded goal-oriented students on campus.

The Leadership Training Day is a 3-hour interactive video training session with a workbook designed to help you identify and overcome any obstacles that may interfere with obtaining your goals. This introspective seminar helps you to recognize your strengths and weaknesses, in order to shift your focus toward your real passions.

When you join some organizations, the information you receive focuses on the material, tangible benefits you receive from membership. A t-shirt, plaque, certificate and other goods are nice side benefits, but are definitely not the real value you gain from achieving membership in The National Society of Leadership and Success.

The intangibles that you gain from membership will drive your future and establish you as a leader among your peers, and include: improved self-esteem, peer leadership skills, sustainable motivation and drive, paradigms that will help you discover and achieve your dreams, real world skills that will help you outperform your peers in the workplace, and an enviable network of movers and shakers that are all a part of the drive to create lasting positive change in the world.

You additionally will receive other tangible benefits such as online resources on our website, customized letters of recommendation for prospective employers or graduate schools, graduation accessories that you may purchase and wear at your graduation to display your membership in our organization, access to exclusive scholarships and awards, Success Coaches and our entire Keynote speaker series.

For a full list and explanation of our membership benefits please visit http://www.societyleadership.org/memberinfo.

Please use the "Forgot Member ID or Password" link on the Members Area sign-in page. If you continue to have trouble logging on, please contact the National Office at info@societyleadership.org or 201-222-6544 to retrieve your login information.

If you are already a member, please log in to the Members Area.  At the top of the page you will see your Advisor's and Student President's names and you can click on them to send them an email.

If you are not already a member, please contact the National Office to find out who your advisor is and how best to contact them.

All members have a Society Inbox located in the Members Area. Your Society Inbox is where you will find important announcements and notifications from your chapter. Please check your Society Inbox on a regular basis for announcements from the leaders of your chapter.

If you have not received any emails in your Society Inbox, please verify in your Member Profile that you have selected that you want to receive Member Communication. Deselecting this box will stop all local Chapter and National Office communication.

When filling out the membership application, members have an option available to them to have their membership certificate framed in a wooden plaque. If you select this option, there is an additional fee of $29.00 (as indicated on the application). You will receive your certificate and plaque once you have completed the steps to become inducted.

Once you have completed the steps to become a member of the Society, we will send out your membership items, which include your certificate, t-shirt, car decal and pin. These items are sent to your advisor, and will be presented to you at your Induction Ceremony on campus.

The average amount of time it takes to complete the steps for membership is approximately 12 hours spread out over the course of a semester. While most members do finish their steps for membership in a single semester, you may take longer if needed (as long as you finish prior to graduating).

You have until you graduate to complete all the steps to become an Inducted member of the Society unless otherwise stated by your chapter advisor.

If your new school has a chapter, simply email the National office at info@societyleadership.org or call us at 201-222-6544 and ask to be transferred to that chapter. If your new school does not have a chapter yet, you can work with the National Office as an intern to establish a chapter at your new school. If you do not want to establish a new chapter but would just like to complete your membership requirements, please call the National Office to discuss your options.

Please visit http://www.societyleadership.org/memberinfo/awards.php for information on current Scholarships and Awards.

If the chapter at your school is no longer active, you can check to see if there is an active chapter at another school located close to you and complete your membership there.  Please go to www.societyleadership.org and click on Chapter Listing to see a list of all the active chapters.  If you see another chapter listed where you would like to attend meetings, please contact the National Office to let us know so we can contact that chapter to get the advisor's approval. You can also contact the National Office to start a chapter back up again at your school. 

If these options do not work for you call the National Office for assistance.

The criteria for selecting students to join is determined by your chapter advisor. Please contact your chapter advisor for further information on their selection of students.

The Society recognizes academic achievement among our members with the Presidential level membership distinction.

Students that have a 3.3 GPA or above upon joining are Presidential level members, and will receive a Presidential seal on their membership certificate as well as a personalized letter from the National President.

If a student raises their GPA to a 3.3 or above during the time they are completing their membership steps, they become eligible for the Presidential distinction. Simply contact the National Office before you become an Inducted member to have your membership status changed.

To be eligible to order our Honors Stole and Cords for graduation you need to have completed all of your membership steps and have received credit for them online. To check the status of your membership please login to the Members Area and click on the Membership Status Icon.

To order the Honors Stole and Cords please visit our Online Store at http://www.societyleadership.org/shop.

When you joined the Society you requested to join our organization's lists. Your membership is a lifetime benefit and does not expire when you graduate. If you would like to remove your name from a particular list, you can easily do so by logging into the member's area at www.societyleadership.org, clicking on "Member Profile", and updating your mailing preferences on that page.  That is also how you can change your personal information such as email address or mailing address.

The alternative is for you to resign your membership completely, which you can do by emailing info@societyleadership.org. Note that doing that would remove all of your membership privileges permanently, including your ability to ask us to forward a recommendation letter for you. Doing so would also remove any record of you having completed training with our organization. We will respect your wishes whichever you choose.