20 Easy Ways to Contribute to the Yankee Chapter
- Join a committee –program, public service, education, membership.
- Take the APR exam. If you’re already accredited, teach an APR class or sit on the readiness review panel.
- Work the registration table at a professional development event.
- Agree to make a phone call on behalf of a committee member, e.g., location identification, membership interest follow up.
- Attend a professional development session – and better yet, bring a friend!
- Phone a new member. Follow up with an email.
- Identify one potential new member and then follow him or her through the process.
- Organize a professional development event mailing session – stuff and label flyers – make a lunch or dinner out of it!
- Take a book out from the Chapter’s professional development resource library. Return it when you’re done!
- Visit the Chapter’s website. Bookmark it and visit it again!
- Sponsor a Chapter professional development event with dollars or volunteer services.
- Write an article for the chapter’s newsletter.
- Identify a potential sponsor for a professional development event.
- Talk about the chapter to your colleagues. Pass on their feedback to the president.
- Introduce yourself to two new people at a professional development event. Exchange business cards.
- Inquire about chapter leadership. Decide on the timing and get involved!
- Be a guest speaker at a chapter professional development event.
- Write an article for the chapter’s newsletter recapping a professional development event.
- Organize a brown bag lunch with fellow members.
- Think of another way to get involved with your chapter and pass it on to the president to update his or her list!
