The lifeblood of any nonprofit association is its membership. The streak of five straight months of membership growth ended in December. The total membership totals only dropped by two people ... but, it means that we need to enter into the new calendar year with renewed emphasis on recruiting and retaining members! National BDPA
president Dr. Craig Brown nominated
Adrienne Thomas (BDPA Baton Rouge) to serve as the incoming
national VP-Membership Management. The full board is scheduled to vote on her confirmation at the 1st quarter board of directors meeting on January 24-25 in Orlando FL.
We want to congratulate BDPA Chicago chapter for maintaining its dominance when it comes to membership size. The chapter remained in the #1 spot throughout the two years of leadership under its
president,
Pamela Sexton. The chapter earned national recognition with the presentation of the
2013 Chapter Membership Management Award announced during the national conference by BDPA founder Earl Pace!
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| Pam Sexton accepts award from Earl Pace |
The 'secret sauce' for the success of BDPA Chicago chapter can be found in its consistent delivery of tangible programs and services. The chapter delivers a powerful value-proposition for IT professionals, students and sponsors. If other chapters want to ever leap-frog Chicago into that top spot ... they will need to come up with consistently powerful programs and services in 2014.
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
- Dallas - president, Stacy Stewart
- 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?
