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Members Hire Industry Advocacy and Promotion

Potomac Core

In 2006, a Grow Boating Initiative was launched to raise consumer awareness, connect the Industry with prospective boaters, and to enhance the Boating Experience. Each aligns with protecting and promoting the Industry: Advocacy is already a key NMMA deliverable; their policy and regulatory work connects to Industry business challenges.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: 10 Tips for Engaging A Volunteer.

Idea Architects

These pieces of work can then be developed into the various components of a comprehensive volunteer structure: work groups or project teams, solo assignments, advisory boards; task forces or committees; etc. Recruit with a one-to-one philosophy. As you might suspect, it was the sought after committee appointment. Dec 2006 (3).

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Flipped Volunteering: The Better Way to Invite and Engage

Idea Architects

We’ve been telling prospective volunteers about available leadership committees and positions and then asking if they are interested. Instead of pushing the standard list of committees, councils, and task forces, let’s first focus on learning about each and every member and then offering a customized invitation to engage.

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Stronger by Association: Battle for Relevance: How Twitter, HBR and.

AMR Management Services

In March 2006, a small team of people started working on a prototype of the service that we now know as Twitter. Tags: Association Management , Marketing , membership , Recruiting. And, maybe, we’ll identify an opportunity for associations to offer a more relevant, value-added networking and knowledge-sharing benefit for members.