The lifeblood of any nonprofit association is its membership. The streak of five straight months of membership growth ended in December and a new streak began last month! The total membership increased by 3% in the first month of the new year. This reflects the new excitement and energy brought to membership recruitment and retention under the leadership of National BDPA
president Dr. Craig Brown and National BDPA
VP-Membership Management Adrienne Thomas.
We want to congratulate BDPA Chicago chapter for maintaining its dominance when it comes to membership size. The chapter has been holding the #1 spot for over a decade ... although I understand that there are a few chapters making moves to challenge them in 2014. BDPA Chicago
chapter president Reggie Rush will have to stay on his toes this year!
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| Reggie Rush |
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, Reggie Rush
- Washington DC - president, Perry Carter
- Philadelphia - president, Eileen Gadsden
- Atlanta - president, Derrick Brown
- Cincinnati - president, Dalric Webb
- New Jersey - president, Goldie Bonney (up 2 spots from last month)
- Los Angeles - president, John Malonson (down 1 spot)
- Dallas - president, Chad White(down 1 spot)
- New York - president, Tyronne McKinney
- 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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