The lifeblood of any nonprofit association is its membership. As such it is good to note that BDPA membership has grown for the 2nd straight month. In fact, the total membership in BDPA has grown over 9% from this same time last year! Congratulations to National BDPA
VP-Membership Management Curtis Jenkins for the work being done within his business area to move membership recruitment and retention in the right direction.
We also want to congratulate the BDPA Chicago chapter for winning the 'Chapter Membership Award' at the 35th annual BDPA Technology Conference last month in Washington DC. Chapter president
Pamela Sexton accepts the '
Chapter Membership Award' from BDPA founder
Earl Pace as shown in the photo to the right.
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| Pam Sexton & Earl Pace |
We believe in the management maxim -- you get what you measure. Let us assess the numbers in order to honor those local BDPA chapters who are demonstrating success in their efforts to recruit and retain members.
Let's take a look at the ten largest chapters in BDPA-Nation:
- Chicago - president, Pamela Sexton
- Philadelphia - president, Eileen Gadsden
- Washington DC - president, Perry Carter
- Atlanta - president, Derrick Brown
- Los Angeles - president, John Malonson
- Dallas - president, Stacy Stewart
- Cincinnati - president, Clarence Larcarte
- New York - president, Renetta English
- New Jersey - president, Goldie Bonney
- Middle Nashville - president, Kendall Norris
These are the same ten chapters who led the nation the past two months in a row.
BDPA New York (
up 1 spot) made a move towards the top.
BDPA New Jersey (
down 1 spot) is the only chapter to lose traction in this month's membership ranking.
There is a new chapter in the
'BDPA Century Club'! The benefit of hosting an annual conference are obvious when we see that
BDPA Washington DC chapter joined
Chicago and
Philadelphia as a third member of the
'BDPA Century Club', which means that they each have over 100 members. One of the common denominators for each of these chapters is that they place a high premium on the delivery of quality programs and services to their members. These chapters work hard to ensure that there is a strong return on the $100 investment that each member makes thru annual dues.
What are your thoughts about the value of BDPA membership? What can your local chapter do to improve the value-proposition for you on a personal or professional level?
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