Hi Champs,
It was great meeting you all yesterday!
As I am still thinking about the question "How might we work together to increase membership?" I though it would be helpful to post some ideas that could foster membership in the network! Here are some of my ideas:
- We need to get a personal touch with members while pointing out ‘Here is the value we got. Here is why you want to hang with us.’
- New members need to recognize the value of their membership
- Champions can sell their association, we shouldn't be too focused on our roles only
- Twitter Q&A relevant to our mission or service, or even a Facebook or Instagram Live event.
- For all the youth CoP's: keep it trendy and fun. The youth need to know that we have a future here!
- Create a #Hashtag_Campaign: Challenge your members to a contest (photography, writing, etc), and require that all entries use the same branded hashtag
- Curate Anticipation Plan: send email reminders leading to the next event, so everyone has a chance to mark their calendars. Keep the emails as short as possible while maintaining the plan of the meeting!
- A virtual group photo of the CoP members during meetings holding signs of a hashtag/discussion topic; an opportunity to make some memories and a marketing material that we can post on our social media accounts!
- Collaborate with the local association next-door if possible