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2012 Membership Academy!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rachel Keeler)
Fri Mar 30 20:05:35 2012
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From: Rachel Keeler <rhkeeler@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:04:49 -0400
To: apo-news@mit.edu
Hey Alpha Chi,
Below is a message from the Region 1 Membership Coordinator about
Membership Academy. I am forwarding it in its entirety because this is
such an awesome opportunity -- I highly encourage each of you to go if
at all you can. You can go to any of them (I'm hoping to make it to
the Philadelphia one, myself, but if you're somewhere else for the
summer by all means go to the one closest to you.)
Choice sentences, if you don't want to read the whole email:
It is a weekend long skills training course designed to educate APO
brothers in the basics of chapter membership operations.
Participants will receive hands-on training from volunteer staff,
network with brothers and alumni from around the country, and leave
the course with tangible skills, ideas, information, and membership
action plans that they can bring back and use immediately in their
home chapters.
Cost is $35 (Includes all course materials, two nights hotel stay, and
all meals Saturday and breakfast Sunday).
Registration is now open!
YiLFS,
Rachel
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Brothers,
It is my pleasure to invite you all to attend the 2012 Membership
Academy!=A0=A0It is a weekend long skills training course designed to
educate APO brothers in the basics of chapter membership operations.
Participants will receive hands-on training from volunteer staff,
network with brothers and alumni from around the country, and leave
the course with tangible skills, ideas, information, and membership
action plans that they can bring back and use immediately in their
home chapters.
Course curriculum includes Rush and Recruiting (organizing/advertising
your rush week and how to hold efficient interest meetings), Brother
Retention (motivating brothers, developing traditions, dealing with
non-performers, how to recruit advisors), and both Pledge Programs and
Chapters of Excellence (developing pledge
requirements/curriculum/syllabus, effective rituals, strengthing your
chapter's big brother program, running an efficient CAPS, fundraising,
reporting and fostering brotherhood).=A0 All vital to solid chapter
operations!
The academy curriculum is designed primarily for new chapter
presidents, vice presidents of membership, pledge trainers, and
members of interest groups & petitioning groups.=A0 The curriculum is
designed to assist chapters struggling with different aspects of their
membership program.=A0 The academy is also a great way to reinforce or
refresh the membership programs already in place at established
chapters.
The Membership Academy weekends are:
=95Pittsburgh, PA May 18-20
=95Philadelphia, PA June 8-10
=95Iowa City, IA June 8-10
=95Orlando, FL June 29-July1
=95Chicago, IL July 27-29
Registration is now open and can be found here:
https://www.apo.org/show/National_Programs/Membership_and_Extension/Members=
hip_Academy/Registration
Did you ask "How Much Does it Cost?"=A0 I thought so.=A0 Cost is $35
(Includes all course materials, two nights hotel stay, and all meals
Saturday and breakfast Sunday).=A0 Registration is contingent on payment
being received at the National Office by no later than the course due
date, whether payment is sent via the National=A0website, or a check via
US postal mail.
Any brother with an interest in the betterment of their chapter's
membership program will benefit from, and are encouraged to attend
this course.=A0 While chapters who send multiple people will gain great
benefit from the collective ideas, and time for chapter planning;=A0it
is=A0recommended not sending more than five participants per chapter.
This will ensure that each chapter's representatives are as productive
as possible, and that each chapter may send a representative should
they wish.
I highly encourage your chapters to attend one of these 5 sessions
this summer!=A0 If you have any more questions, feel free to email me!
jdelmendorf@hotmail.com
YiLFS,
Justin Elmendorf
Alpha Phi Omega Region I Membership Coordinator
