The lifeblood of any nonprofit association is its membership. As such it is good to note that BDPA membership has grown for the
4th straight month. In fact, the total membership in BDPA has
grown almost 35% from this same time last year! In fact, BDPA membership in October 2013 is higher than any month since
March 2010! 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 Detroit chapter for advancing five places to become the 10th largest chapter in the nation over the past month. Chapter president
Beverly Moore and her leadership team managed to increase membership in their chapter by over 36% in the month of October. It is great to see positive news coming out of Detroit!
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
- Washington DC - president, Perry Carter (up 1 spot)
- Philadelphia - president, Eileen Gadsden (down 1 spots)
- Atlanta - president, Derrick Brown
- Cincinnati - president, Clarence Larcarte
- Dallas - president, Stacy Stewart
- Los Angeles - president, John Malonson
- New Jersey - president, Goldie Bonney
- New York - president, Renetta English
- Detroit - president, Beverly Moore (up 5 spots)
We lost BDPA Middle Tennessee from the Top 10 for the first time in many moons.
We continue to have four chapters in the
'BDPA Century Club'! The benefit of
having powerful leadership is obvious when we see that
Atlanta,
Chicago,
Philadelphia and
Washington DC 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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