How to Revitalize Your Membership
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The document outlines the vision for revitalizing membership within the technical communications chapter, emphasizing collaboration and measurable goals. It stresses the importance of educating businesses on the value of documentation and maintaining visibility through updates and reporting progress. Celebrating both wins and learning experiences is highlighted as crucial for sustaining engagement and acknowledging efforts.
How to Revitalize Your Membership
- 1. Christopher Ward Austin Chapter President @WebWorksChris #coffeninja
- 2. Vision Probably the most important step to revitalizing your membership The vision for Technical Communications The vision for STC (http://stc.org/about-stc/the- society/mission-vision The vision for the chapter
- 3. Goals This should be a collaborative effort and align with the vision Measurable We want to make the world a better place. We want to make the world a better place by educating 3 businesses, a year, on the value of documentation. Visible Post them on the website. Speak about them at meetings. Put them in an email. Report Progress (Good or Bad) should be reported. Changes in any goal need to be announced and the reason why. Failure is an option, deal with it
- 4. Know your obstacles Its the ones you ignore that will get you. I dont like . How do you tell if someone is just venting, or suggesting? You dont have to fix it yesterday Look for alternatives/compromises
- 5. Celebrate If you win Not every celebration has to be a party or a meeting. Acknowledgement is the biggest prize of all. Does not matter how big or small or even if it was a mistake, a win is a win. If you lose Celebrate the effort. Celebrate what you learned. If nothing is happening Hey, that is what you are here to fix lets party! Something is always happening, so celebrate the progress.