Staying On-Board: Recruitment and Retention

Staying On-Board: Outline

RecruitmentBroad ConceptsBest PracticesBorrowing Ideas

RetentionBroad ConceptsBest PracticesBorrowing Ideas

RECRUITment: Broad Concepts

R-RegroupE-EnthusiasmC-CommunicateR-ReceptiveU-UniquenessI-InviteT-Theme Adair, 2003

Recruitment: Borrowing Ideas

R- retreats, reflections, dinners, pre-school year exec meetings E- end the meeting with something from the week which you are looking

forward to, leave your grips at the door, praise publicly, recognitions, “I heard you were great at XYZ, we really need that talent within our organization”

C- ask people what’s the best way to reach them, every year/event add a new method of advertising to build upon what you already do, utilize all the methods of advertisements the school has in place

R- Listen to people’s ideas AND put them into play, call other schools to get more ideas, don’t plan the entire year out in advance

U- Creativity, think outside the box, do one NEW thing each year on top of your traditions

I- Personal invitations and e-mails, formal letters, decorate their door, make people feel needed

T- go crazy with this– this should add FUN to everything, let the new members create the theme, get cheesy, use this to build community within your organization

RETAIN(tion): Broad Concepts

R- RewardE- EnjoyT- Task Delegation/ AccountabilityA- AcclimateI- InductN- “N”put

Adair, 2003

Retention: Borrowing Ideas

R- Points, stickers, thank you notes, goodies, cheesy toys, tickets to a JAB movie, show appreciation

E- Make the meetings fun! Go to Baker as a group before/after the meeting, hang out socially, go to another club’s program to help enhance your club’s team development, start the meeting with a joke, ice breakers, TEAM DEVELOPMENT

T- Make sure everyone at the meeting leaves with a job or assignment for the next meeting, ownership, always change people’s responsibilities so that each member knows all the aspects of programming, write people’s tasks on post-it notes so members can take it with them, send follow-up e-mails

A- Make sure members know the goals and the mission of the club, create a buddy system to help new members meet returning members

I- Make members feel part of the organization, traditions, inside jokes which are revealed one meeting at a time, have the new members run ice breakers

N- Listen to all the members, use their ideas, make sure suggestions and input by new members is used, keep track of it, don’t preplan the activities so new ideas cannot be incorporated

Wrap up

Take home musts:Personal everything- recruitment,

communication, invitations, appreciationSet goalsBuild a community and team amongst the

membersDelegate responsibilityHave fun!