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Community/Small Chapter Best Practices
Why Suddenly a Subject of Interest?
More chapters who were corporate chapters have become community chapters because of changes in contractors, changes in top management
Small businesses need to be as knowledgeable as the “big guys” they may be competing with
The federal government is looking to small businesses to provide services and materials
Comparisons between Small and Community Chapters Community
Generally not sponsored by a business
Smaller membership
Membership is made up of many businesses
Meet at public locations
Usually meet during the evenings
Usually purchase web site
Small May be
sponsored by a business
Smaller membeship
May be a city government or small business
May meet during business hrs
Web site may be sponsored by business
Pros and Cons of Small/ Community vs Corporate Chapters
Pros Not tied to
business – can gather members from anywhere
Can meet anywhere – such as restaurants
True networking Don’t have to do
everything – focus on one or two things you do well or want to do well
Cons No corporate
sponsorship to help with funding
No senior management to count on
No set place to meet and store materials
No set field of members
Can’t take dues from paychecks
Fewer members to hold offices and chairs
What is Your Goal?
Training for your members
Providing training for others
Community service
Speech Contest
Large membership to do many things
How Do You Decide What to Do With So Few People?
You may want to combine officers and chairs Secretary/Treasurer VP/Membership Chair Community Service Chair/Publicity
Use National to provide training through live online
Sell business membership to allow for less expensive training materials for their business
Meet with other Associations – Project Management, Administrative Professionals, Professional Engineering Groups
How can NMA Help?
On-Line Training
LDCs and National Conferences
Staff, National Officers, and National Directors
Councils – way to participate in more
Breaktime
Foundations of Management
Building Virtual Teams
Bring in a facilitator List three things that every member wants from
the chapter Multi-vote to trim down to no more than 6 items Every member gets 1 vote for the item that means
the most to them Take the top 2-3 items and have someone
volunteer to lead a team in discussion about one of the topics – do this for each of the 2-3 items chosen List what the target audience is, what the
benefits would be to them, what chapter resources will be required, what the benefits are to the chapter
What One Chapter Did
What One Chapter Did
Present the results and decide how to move forward – accept the items, change the items, delete the items
Form teams and go forward with the focus of the chapter
If membership grows, meet again to choose focus areas or take some of the other items from the larger lists
Think of this as a 2-year strategic plan – take time to do it right, plan to spend some money, don’t give up!
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