Presidents-Elect, did you know there are a host of tools available to you online within the Chapter Resources section that can help you with your efforts to grow your volunteer base? Here’s a list of great tools available:

Within Board in a Box:

• Board Appeal: a letter designed to help you recruit a new board member
  
• Board Benefits Kit: a way to position the many benefits of being a board member
  
• CPA Recruitment Letter: a letter designed to help you recruit a CPA for your board
  
• Expanded Organizational Chart: to help you get ideas for how your committees and team could be structured
  
• Volunteer Sign-Up: template you can use to promote volunteer opportunities at meetings and gather names of interested members

• Job Descriptions for Key Volunteers: List of overall responsibilities of key committees
  
• Value of Volunteering PowerPoint: Slide show explaining the benefits of volunteering, including lots of great testimonials from volunteers across the country. (Scroll down to Volunteer Recruiting Tools-5 Parts)

Take a moment this week to check out a few of them. Report back on what you found that is going to help your chapter make 2007 a great year or share what other tools you have or think chapters need in this area.

Please feel free to post your ideas and comments in response in this forum. If you have a question or chapter issue that you'd like to discuss anonymously or have recommendations for this blog, please contact me directly at
ama-elects@linkageresearch.com.

Michele DeKinder-Smith
President-Elect
Professional Chapters Council