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How to Revitalize Your Membership

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Christopher Ward
Christopher Ward

In March of 2015 I was elected President of the Austin STC Chapter. This slide show reflects some of the concepts I used to get an inactive chapter, active again.

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Christopher Ward Austin Chapter President @WebWorksChris #coffeninja
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
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
Know your obstacles It¡¯s the ones you ignore that will get you. ? I don¡¯t like ¡­¡­. ? How do you tell if someone is just venting, or suggesting? ? You don¡¯t have to fix it yesterday ? Look for alternatives/compromises
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 ¨C let¡¯s party! ? Something is always happening, so celebrate the progress.

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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 It¡¯s the ones you ignore that will get you. ? I don¡¯t like ¡­¡­. ? How do you tell if someone is just venting, or suggesting? ? You don¡¯t 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 ¨C let¡¯s party! ? Something is always happening, so celebrate the progress.