The lifeblood of any nonprofit association is its membership. As such it is good to note that BDPA membership has grown for the
5th straight month under the leadership of National BDPA
VP-Membership Management Curtis Jenkins. In fact, the total membership in BDPA has
grown over 43% from this same time last year! In fact, BDPA membership in November 2013 is higher than any month since
February 2010!
We also want to congratulate the BDPA St. Louis chapter for advancing four places to become the 11th largest chapter in the nation over the past month. Chapter president
Dwana Franklin-Davis and her leadership team managed to increase membership in their chapter by over 14% in the month of November.
Much of this increase was due to corporate memberships purchased by Monsanto.
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
- Philadelphia - president, Eileen Gadsden
- Atlanta - president, Derrick Brown
- Cincinnati - president, Clarence Larcarte
- Los Angeles - president, John Malonson (up 1 spot)
- Dallas - president, Stacy Stewart (down 1 spot)
- New Jersey - president, Goldie Bonney
- New York - president, Renetta English
- Detroit - president, Beverly Moore
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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