Rewarding Your Active Members
Rewarding Your Active Members 5/5/13
Marcia Wood, President, STC Rocky Mountain Chapter
Attendees will learn how the Rocky Mountain Chapter
developed and executed its plan to reward active members and encourage inactive
members to participate. During 2012, points were given for: attending and
facilitating meetings, serving as a chapter officer or committee manager, or
blogging about chapter events or the techcomm profession.
As attendees, you will:
- learn how the Rocky Mountain Chapter developed/implemented its plan to reward active members and encourage inactive members to participate
- learn practical ways to review the program and modify it when necessary
- receive a development/implementation checklist for your own community
- offer your experiences with similar programs
The purpose of the program was to reward active members with
an inexpensive item if they earned 15 points during the calendar year. A
secondary purpose was to encourage more members to become active. We didn't
have enough volunteers to fill all vacant committee positions. Leaders had to
manage more than one responsibility. Rewards were incentives for more members
to become active and to keep active members motivated. Rewards had a value of
$25 that coincided with the cost of chapter dues.
How to develop and implement a rewards program:
- Assess the value of a rewards program for your community.
- Add a line item for rewards in your budget.
- Set time period, create a list of possible points, and appoint record keeper and promoter.
- Publicize the program to members and publish quarterly results.
- Tally results at end of time period and notify winners.
- If more than one reward is offered, ask winners for their preference and order rewards.
- Deliver rewards to winners and publicize results.
- Review program periodically to see whether it should be continued, modified, or dropped.
Blogs about the Rocky Mountain Chapter's program include:
STC RMC Active Member Rewards Program
STC RMC would like to recognize members who are consistent in their activities and help make the chapter a success. This year you can earn a distinctive leadership polo shirt. These shirts set our members apart at STC conferences and in the workplace.
Example of
polo shirt, reward for active members
How to Qualify
You must earn 15 points to earn a 2012 Active Member shirt. But it will be worth it!The shirt lets our members celebrate chapter pride in the workplace whenever they choose to wear it. It sends a positive message to employers, clients, and co-workers: I am committed to my profession and committed to self-development. I am a member of STC!
As the points table shows, you earn points each month. From January 2012 through December 2012, you earn points for: attending a chapter meeting, being a chairman/officer, presenting a program/webinar, visiting an affiliated organization, or organizing an impromptu networking meeting.
Activity
|
Point Value
|
Attend
chapter meeting/webinar
|
1
|
Be the
first to volunteer to write a meeting/webinar review for the Technicalities
blog.
|
1
|
Be a
chairman/officer:
0.5 for office
0.5 for attending administrative council meetings
|
1
|
Present a
program or webinar
|
2
|
Visit an
affiliated organization’s meeting and write a review or introduction for the
Technicalities blog.
|
1
|
Organize
an impromptu networking meeting
|
1
|
Write an
article, book review, software review, or other informative piece for the
Technicalities blog.
|
1
|
Scan and
organize at least 100 pages of archival materials such as old newsletters,
awards, and other historic documents and upload them to our website.
|
2
|
Research
and present findings for what other chapters, communities and organizations
are doing to make their chapters more efficient, provide more value for their
membership, save money, or other positive outcomes.
|
1
|
Volunteer
to act as an ambassador at an in-person RMC meeting.
|
1
|
Act as an
A/V person to capture an upcoming in-person or web-only meeting to webinar
format and ensure its quality.
|
2
|
Act as
cleanup person at the end of a meeting to ensure the venue is returned to its
original state.
|
1
|
Work with
the web team to update pages to the STC RMC website.
|
1
|
Assist our
social media manager to provide more content to our Twitter, Facebook, and
LinkedIn service offerings.
|
1
|
Attend a
meeting of the Northern Colorado Satellite in Fort Collins
|
1
|
Thanks to Joel Meier, President of STC RMC, and to W.C. Wiese from STC Orlando for their help and guidance with this initiative.
Questions? Comments? You can reach me at president@stcrmc.org.
Eight Members Achieve Active Member Rewards Program Honors
The Active Member Rewards Program (AMRP) proved itself a success with more than 420 points awarded to 102 people across 35 activities. Eight chapter members earned 15 or more points, making them eligible to receive their reward! The prize is a stylish polo shirt with the full-color Rocky Mountain Chapter logo printed on it. Or instead of the shirt, you can choose a $25 gift card to Amazon. It’s like getting your chapter membership fee ($25) reimbursed. By working a little for the chapter, you get your membership for free!
Members who
earned 15 points in 2012 will receive this polo shirt with the RMC logo printed
on it.
Recipients can wear their shirt with pride to
work on casual dress days, or to the STC Summit in Atlanta on May 5-8.Another 18 members earned five to 12 points. They should be commended for their active membership and encouraged to continue in 2013. Really, any member can achieve the goal of 15 points in 2013. Want to know how?
Here’s a link to a table showing the ways you can earn points.
We have so much potential—and so little time—but with a prudent reallocation of our time, I imagine that each and every one of us could qualify for this reward in 2013. The chapter has budgeted an amount for the AMRP in 2013. After all, active members DO deserve a reward!
posted by Marcia @ 10:10 AM
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