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MARKETING YOUR CHAPTER. INTER-CHAPTER LUNCHEON AND FORUM FALL 2004 NATIONAL ICRI CONFERENCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Identify Your Audience. Engineers Structural / Civil Architects Material suppliers and vendors General contractors Construction management firms
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MARKETING YOUR CHAPTER INTER-CHAPTER LUNCHEON AND FORUM FALL 2004 NATIONAL ICRI CONFERENCE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Identify Your Audience • Engineers • Structural / Civil • Architects • Material suppliers and vendors • General contractors • Construction management firms • Property managers and owners
Identify Your Audience • Students • Academic faculty • Collaborator Organizations • ACI, ASCE, SWRI, PTI, AIA, DBIA, ACEC, ACEC and others.
Quantify Your Audience • Who are the major rehabilitation A & E firms? • Which industry associations would they likely be involved with?
Quantify Your Audience • Who are the major property management firms? • Which firms regularly perform structural repairs?
Define Message To Audience • Communicate ICRI Mission Statement • The mission of the International Concrete Repair Institute is to improve the quality of repair, restoration, and protection of concrete and other structures.
Define Message to Audience • Convey the relevancy of ICRI to: • Engineers • Architects • Property Managers • Building Engineers • Material Suppliers • Vendors • Contractors
Define Message to Audience • For recent college graduates, it provides: • Visibility within the industry • Networking opportunities • Access for school projects • Access for employment opportunities
Promoting Your Chapter • Programming • Technical and educational • Social • Golf outing, holiday party, summer family outing • Vendor presentation • Site visit with box lunches
Promoting Your Chapter • Venue • AM or PM • Most suitable locations • Easy access • Facility accommodations • Communication • Event promotion
Promoting Your Chapter • Local chapter newsletter • Industry trade publications • Supporting industry publications • CATV • Radio • Send notice of events to non-members
Promoting Your Chapter • Provide news releases about any significant activity or event • ICRI Project Award • Personnel change • Other news • Provide a calendar of events via e-mail, website or through publications
Promoting Your Chapter • Plan combined events with collaborator organizations, e.g. ACI, CSI, SWRI, etc. • Publish local ICRI newsletter articles in other organization newsletters and magazines
Promoting Your Chapter • Offer sponsorship and branding opportunities for events • Gain publicity and exposure through e-mailings • Newsletters • Opening statement at the event • Offer table top display opportunities to members
Promoting Your Chapter • Incentives for bringing a new guest • Each One Reach One • Incentives for enrolling a new member(s) • Set goals / prize level incentive structure • Members could sponsor a new member for 1 year (dues / dinner)
Promoting Your Chapter • Have guest new members recognized at their first meeting and mentored for the first couple of chapter functions • Assign a mentor/liaison • Grow guests into new members • Involve in activities/committees
Promoting Your Chapter • Success in promoting the chapter requires a strong program planning committee • Success in promoting the chapter requires adherence to a well developed marketing plan